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"LUTHER HUGHES and the CANNONBALL-COLTRANE PROJECT, THINGS
ARE GETTING BETTER"
by Nick Bewsey
Jazz In Space Blog - Jan. 1, 2011
Bassist Luther Hughes (Gene Harris) leads a
game quintet on a well-programmed set of original and impressionistic tunes
inspired by Cannonball Adderley and John Coltrane, as well as pianist McCoy
Tyner and Wayne Shorter. This tribute recording zeroes in on the 1959 timeframe
just prior to the time when the saxophonists cemented their legacy as jazz
icons. Hughes and his joyfully swinging crew share an affinity for funky Brazilian-tinged
tunes (“Green Bananas,” “Sunset at Hermosa”) loose-limbed
originals and finger-poppin’ tunes like Ellington’s “Take
the Coltrane.” But they pull out the stops for their perceptive arrangement
of Nat Adderley’s “Jive Samba” and also “Softly as
the Morning Sunrise,” a pair of tour-de-force workouts that are a feast
for the ears. (12 tracks; 74:08 minutes)
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