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Daniel Smith: Bebop Bassoon
In working with a jazz piano trio in order to adapt the bassoon to an all-jazz standards setting, Smith is extremely comfortable with the concept and the results, even if the instrument does not treat all of the titles equally. For example, on Thelonious Monk's "Blue Monk," the mournful sound of the bassoon is just perfect to demonstrate how well the concept works. However, when he tackles Horace Silver's "Sister Sadie," the funky classic sounds too artificial. The ballad and blues entries, like the Miles Davis "All Blues" or the Ellington piece "In a Sentimental Mood" are sympatico with the use of bassoon as a lead instrumentas is the case with such bebop classics as "Killer Joe," the Parker/Gillespie tune "Anthropology" and Sonny Rollins' "Doxy."
In an interesting departure from this format, Daniel Smith provides an experiment in adapting Coltrane's "Up Against the Wall" to fit a piano-less group of bassoon, bass and drums. Otherwise, Smith is well supported by the trio of Martin Bejerano (piano), John Sullivan (bass) and Ludwig Afonso (drums).
Track Listing
Killer Joe; Anthropology; Blue Monk; Sister Sadie; In A Sentimental Mood; All Blues; Doxy; Up Against the Wall; Birk's Works; Sticky Wicket.
Personnel
Daniel Smith
bassoonDaniel Smith: bassoon; Martin Bejerano: piano; John Sullivan: bass; Ludwig Afonso: drums.
Album information
Title: Bebop Bassoon | Year Released: 2006 | Record Label: Zah Zah
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