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DAAAAAAAMN: my hands go on autopilot on the keyboard to communicate this to you!!!! This is not a detached review and it can't be! I'm relistening to this album, which I bought in '96 just before leaving for a long work trip abroad. I listened to it so much at the time that when I got home, I put it away and never touched it again. Today, I got the itch, just to 'refresh my ears' (some get a nose job… we jazzists and jazz maniacs, a bit vain too, refresh our ears. Often!) after trying once again to get past the first two tracks of 'Always let me go' (a 'costly' lapse in taste from Keith Jarrett; costly for those who spend money on the double!) that I felt the immediate need for music for my 'mental guts'!
Because that's what it's about: captured directly with two microphones and an analog recorder, the quantity and quality (including audio) of the music played at the Village Vanguard from March 21 to 26, '95 by the quartet is such that it required two CDs and not one note less. Mostly pieces by Joshua Redman, such a father's son, we find a total of 14 tracks, each more spirited than the last. There's a continual desire for orgasmic-swing, with endless sax and piano phrases. Often, there isn't enough time to finish the opening theme before Brian Blade launches, and all join in without missing a beat. A warm broth for the soul. There are also beautiful and riveting ballads ('My One And Only Love' stunning, 'Wait No Longer' on a medium swing, 'Neverend' rare) as well as a version of 'St Thomas' that shifts from the canonical calypso to (of course!) a 350 km/h swing and loads of other goodness; explosions of cymbals, cracking snare hits, and a bass that descends from heaven to move your belly, with people going into ecstatic delirium. The best conditions for listening to jazz. Peter Martin reaffirms himself as one of the massive pianists on the US scene, along with Brian Blade on drums and Chris Thomas on bass. Chilling performances.
Dangerous to listen to in the car. Stay away. If there's anyone who wants to approach jazz and maintain a critical and lucid attitude at the same time, stay away from this record. Maybe Kosmogabri is ready for this record now? : ) Beautiful, beautiful, stunningly beautiful. I'm stressing my son Giov's very worthy little system. It seems to hold, the old Sansui receiver with the small Eltax Monitor III. The windows, not so much. The neighbors aren't here. Thankfully. Joshua follows in his father's footsteps with a big nod to Coltrane when playing the soprano. Get it as soon as you find it. According to 'The Spirit of the Moment'.
P.S.: it’s available used on Amazon starting at 6 dollars!!!!
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