Regards
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| Studio album by Dave Ballou | ||||
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| Label (s) | SteepleChase Records | |||
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CD |
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8th |
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01:05:19 |
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Nils Winther |
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Regards is a jazz album by Dave Ballou . The recordings made in March 2004 were released on May 3, 2005 on SteepleChase Records .
background
At the time Regards was released, Ballou had not only worked as a member of the large ensembles of Andrew Hill and Maria Schneider and the wind section of Steely Dan , but was also a partner in free improvisation with the violinist Mat Maneri . When Regards was released, he had released a number of albums under his own name for the Danish SteepleChase label, the year before Dancing Foot , with John Hébert , Michael Formanek and Kevin Norton . On the album Regards he played jazz standards like " I Remember You " and his own compositions. His quartet included Frank Kimbrough (piano), John Hébert (bass) and Randy Peterson (drums). Ballou's composition "Bumpus" pays homage to the late saxophonist Cornelius Bumpus , with whom Dave Ballou worked in the Steely Dan-Horns.
Track list
- Dave Ballou Quartet: Regards (SteepleChase SCCD 31573)
- Tenderly ( Hoagy Carmichael , Walter Gross ) 8:05
- Labels (Dave Ballou) 7:09
- Bemsha Swing ( Thelonious Monk ) 4:07
- Bumpus (Dave Ballou) 8:07
- If I Should Lose You ( Ralph Rainger , Leo Robin ) 10:44
- Regards (Dave Ballou) 7:13
- I Remember You ( Victor Schertzinger , Johnny Mercer ) 8:30
- Blues (Dave Ballou) 11:24
reception
According to Ken Franckling, who reviewed the album on All About Jazz , Ballou and Co. deconstruct and reconstruct each of the standards like Monk's "Bemsha Swing," "making them launch pads for extended improvisation with an emphasis on extended." classic Leo Robin / Ralph Rainger ballad “If I Should Lose You” experienced an excellent quartet arrangement. The pianist Frank Kimbrough sets the agenda for this piece with a clever counterpoint in Ballou's extended opening solo. Bass and drums then play a contrasting role under the piano solo. "All in all, the album is a great listening experience, the author sums up.
Web links
- Listing of the album on Allmusic (English). Accessed January 1, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ken Kling Francesco: Dave Ballou: Regards. All About Jazz, August 15, 2005, accessed June 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Dave Ballou Quartet: Regards at Discogs