Jessica Williams - Arrival (1994)

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Artist: Jessica Williams
Title: Arrival
Year Of Release: 1994
Label: Jazz Focus [JFCD001]
Genre: Jazz, Post Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 69:02
Total Size: 237 MB(+3%) | 163 MB(+3%)
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist

01. Birks Works (Gillespie) - 6:27
02. I've Never Been in Love Before (Loesser) - 5:35
03. Japanese Folk Song (Trad.) - 6:23
04. Misterioso (Monk) - 7:12
05. Lulu's Back in Town (Warren-Dubin) - 6:24
06. Ruby, My Dear (Monk) - 5:20
07. Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (Barris-Koehler-Moll) - 4:09
08. Blues for Strayhorn (Weston) - 5:14
09. For You Again (Williams) - 4:28
10. The Creator Has a Master Plan (Sanders) - 6:57
11. The Child Within (Williams) - 5:31
12. Mood Indigo (Ellington-Bigard-Mills) - 5:22

personnel :

Jessica Williams - solo piano

Jessica Williams is such an impressive pianist that Philip Barker originally started the Jazz Focus label primarily to record her. This solo outing (the debut of the label) is one of Williams' finest. She digs into a wide variety of material, ranging from a traditional "Japanese Folk Song" and "The Creator Has a Master Plan" to compositions by Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Randy Weston, and Duke Ellington ("Mood Indigo"). Having mastered the musical vocabulary of Monk, Williams is able to quote from Monk at will but she uses his language to humorous effect (although respectfully), rather than allowing it to dominate her own individual style. "Lulu's Back in Town" and "Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams" are among the high points of this very stimulating (and often witty) outing. Highly recommended.~Scott Yanow

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