Barbour Quilted Jacket Men Uk Hollis Gentry III

Hollis Gentry III

The debut recording of Hollis Gentry III has a musical technology program of classic in addition to jazz standards. But don't always be misled. This is not an cd where Gentry and cohorts recite tune lines with a few nods to improv. Quite the contrary, this is a program featuring startling and imaginative extemporization right from the opening note. Gentry has become the founders of Fattbuger, the group that was recording smooth jazz for over 15 years. But since his connection to Merrimack, he's been moving away from this jazz form apparently in search of the greater artistic and technological challenges found in progressive folk and hard bop. With his command over the tenor and soprano saxophones, it's well which he should. Gentry's sax playing has a various texture than most. Barbour Quilted Jacket Men Uk His or her tenor can often sound like a baritone, as Timberland Women Uk about "I Want to Talk About You." He also favors the use of the actual tremolo technique to emphasize a measure or perhaps chord, such as on "Up Leaped Spring." A disciple of Charlie Parker and especially John Coltrane in more than name, he comes nearer to the latter's "sheets of sound" on "The Evening Has a Thousand Eyes,Inch which is also an opportunity for bass violin virtuoso Chris Conner. The opening track, "On Environmentally friendly Dolphin Street," recalls the seminal recordings of the Coltrane quartet of McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jackson, Hollister Jeans and Jimmy Garrison. Bob Weller's grand piano rides on top Belstaff Stockists Bristol of rhythmic results created by drums and bass sounds, although his touch is sort of lighter than Tyner's. But these 4 are no one's clone in the slightest. They have plenty to say independently as they skillfully dissect each item around the play list, demanding attention from jazz fan and also artist alike. Breathtaking along with recommended.