The More I See You
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| Studio album by Bootsie Barnes & Larry McKenna | ||||
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| Label (s) | Cellar Live | |||
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CD |
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9 |
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1:02:43 |
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Studio (s) |
Morningstar Studios, East Norriton, PA |
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The More I See You is a jazz album by Bootsie Barnes & Larry McKenna . The recordings, which were made on May 7, 2018 at Morningstar Studios in East Norriton (Pennsylvania), were released on the Cellar Live label in 2018. It was Barnes' last recording session, who died in April 2020. The title track "The More I See You" is a pop song by Harry Warren (music) and Mack Gordon (text), which was originally sung by Dick Haymes in the film Diamond Horseshoe (1945).
background
According to Jack Bowers, Barnes and McKenna showed that they are in the tradition of swing and hard bop . The two tenor saxophonists are supported by organist Lucas Brown and a long-time friend and neighbor from Philadelphia, drummer Byron Landham . In addition to playing together in seven of the album's nine numbers, each of the co-leaders has their own ballad showcase; McKenna with the pop song “ You've Changed ” from 1942 and Barnes with Kurt Weill's musical song “ My Ship ” from 1941. Barnes contributed his composition “Three Miles Out”, McKenna the groovy finale, “Don't Redux the Reflux”. Other titles include Jimmy Heath's "For Minors Only", Hank Mobley's "The Breakthrough", Peter Nero's "Sunday in New York" and Henry Mancini's famous theme song from the TV series Mr. Lucky (1959/60) by Blake Edwards . Essentially, Bootsie Barnes and LarryMckenna have taken the traditional tenor sax, guitar, organ, and drum format, replacing the guitar with a second tenor sax to alter the sonority of that configuration.
Track list
- Bootsie Barnes & Larry McKenna: The More I See You (Cellar Live CL050718)
- The More I See You ( Harry Warren , Mack Gordon ) 8:19
- For Minor's Only (Jimmy Heath) 8:29
- Three Miles Out (Bootsie Barnes) 5:31
- Mr. Lucky ( Jay Livingston , Henry Mancini ) 7:33
- You Changed ( Bill Carey , Carl Fisher ) 5:28
- Sunday in New York (Peter Nero, Carroll Oates ) 8:44
- The Break Through (Hank Mobley) 7:28
- My Ship (Kurt Weill) 6:06
- Don't Redux the Reflux (Larry McKenna) 5:05
reception
Jack Bowers gave the album four (out of five) stars in All About Jazz and said it was a real pleasure to experience the warm, enticing sounds and impressive teamwork of Philadelphia tenor sax legends Bootsie Barnes and Larry McKenna. Together, Barnes and McKenna had more than a century of musical experience; they don't even lose sight of them for a moment on The More I See You , said Bowers, "a great studio session that invigorates the mind and delights the heart from start to finish."
Pierre Giroux, the reviewer of Audiophile Audition , in this publication, Barnes and McKenna bring a lifetime of experience and dedication to their playing, providing the listener with a musical experience that is full of exuberance and confidence.
According to Steven A. Cerran (Jazz Profiles), another quality that emerged during this recording was balance: nobody claimed solos for too many choruses; all players would still have the opportunity to play solo. The song selection creates a good balance between well-known popular songs, jazz standards and original compositions. The performances are consistently played in a straight jazz style . The end result is a satisfying listening experience from start to finish, encompassing over 60 minutes of brilliantly conceived and executed jazz by the quartet.
Web links
- Listing of the album on Allmusic (English). Retrieved April 23, 2020.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Bootsie Barnes & Larry McKenna: The More I See You. All About Jazz, November 26, 2018, accessed April 23, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Steven A. Cerran: Bootsie Barnes and Larry McKenna: The More I See You. JazzProfiles, October 16, 2018, accessed on April 23, 2020 .
- ↑ Bootsie Barnes & Larry McKenna: The More I See You at Discogs
- ↑ Pierre Giroux: Bootsie Barnes & Larry McKenna - The More I See You - CellarLive. Audiophile Auditon, October 9, 2018, accessed April 23, 2020 .