Joel Forrester - Stop the Music (1997)

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Title: Stop the Music
Year Of Release: 1997
Label: Koch Jazz [3-7843-2 H1]
Genre: Jazz, Neo Bop
Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans) | MP3/320 kbps
Total Time: 63:29
Total Size: 225 MB(+3%) | 150 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

01. Stop the Music (Forrester) - 2:53
02. Summertime in St. Louis Blues (Gershwin-Gershwin-Heyward-Handy-Forrester) - 6:22
03. Imaginary Paris (Forrester) - 3:33
04. Fresh Air (Forrester) - 1:02
05. The Day That You Forgive Me (Forrester) - 4:09
06. Backtalk (Forrester) - 5:03
07. Blues in the Morning (Forrester) - 9:08
08. In the Ring (Forrester) - 4:49
09. 1000 Pardons (Forrester) - 8:21
10. Snugglebunnies (Forrester) - 5:33
11. Evil Dream (Forrester) - 1:44
12. Lunacy (Forrester) - 6:15
13. Fate (Unknown) - 4:37

personnel :

Joel Forrester - piano

Joel Forrestor was, with Philip Johnston, one of the creative geniuses who made up the Microscoic Septet. Since that group dissolved, Forrestor has ventured out on his own with a fair degree of success, especially on this solo piano CD. He wrote the quirky theme for the National Public Radio series "Fresh Air," which is presented here as a solo miniature that's even more intriguing than the small band arrangement featured every weekday on the program. He blends two well-known standards into a playful stride vehicle in "Summertime in St. Louis Blues." Forrestor also demonstrates a knack for boogie-woogie, covering the hypnotic but obscure "Fate" (previously recorded only by Meade Lux Lewis and attributed to a long-forgotten band from decades earlier) and his tasty original "Back Talk." The pianist also can create a beautiful ballad like "1000 Pardons" without resorting to syrupy sentimentality.~Ken Dryden