Houston Person - Why Not! (1990)

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Title: Why Not!
Year Of Release: 1990
Label: Muse Records
Genre: Hard Bop, Soul Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 50:57
Total Size: 349 MB
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Tracklist:

01. Why Not (Person) - 10:57
02. As Time Goes By (Hupfeld) - 5:37
03. Namely You (DePaul-Mercer) - 6:35
04. Where Is Love (Bart) - 7:06
05. Joey's Blues (DeFrancesco) - 10:11
06. Blue Gardenia (Lee-Russell) - 5:17
07. Deed I Do (Hirsch-Rose) - 5:14

Houston Person - tenor saxophone
Joey DeFrancesco - Hammond organ
Philip Harper - trumpet
Winard Harpe - drums
Randy Johnston - guitar
Sammy Figueroa - congas, percussion

Houston Person's warm tenor tone, effortless swing, and skill at playing with organists have been taken for granted through the years, since he breaks no new boundaries and is very consistent. On this CD, he forged a new partnership with the young organist Joey DeFrancesco, and they work together perfectly on a set of blues, ballads and standards. Randy Johnston adds some nice George Benson-ish guitar solos; Sammy Figueroa's congas are an added plus, and trumpeter Phillip Harper (despite his entrance in the wrong key on "Namely You") tries his best to fill in for Lee Morgan.


Houston Person - Why Not! (1990)