THE MONTY ALEXANDER TRIO "FULL STEAM AHEAD" RM, LE, NE, SO, 2 LP, NEW/SEALED
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THE MONTY ALEXANDER TRIO "FULL STEAM AHEAD"
THIS 1985 CONCORD JAZZ, INC. RELEASE WAS HALF-SPEED REMASTERED BY STAN RICKER, PRODUCED BY DENNIS CASSIDY, LIMITED EDITION 2-LP SET, NUMBERED EDITION (#633), DELUXE INNER SLEEVES, PLATING & PRESSINGS BY R.T.I., SOURCE: ORIGINAL ANALOG 2-TRACK MASTER TAPES AND RELEASED ON PURE AUDIOPHILE RECORDS IN 2006.
"DISTINGUISHED NEW YORKER MAGAZINE CRITIC WHITNEY BALLIETT MUST HAVE HAD SOMEONE LIKE MONTY ALEXANDER IN MIND WHEN HE WROTE THAT THE FUNDAMENTAL INTENT OF JAZZ "IS TO ENTERTAIN AND RECHARGE THE SPIRIT WITH NEW BEAUTIES." INDEED, THE TITLE OF THE BOOK FROM WHICH THE ABOVE QUOTATION IS TAKEN, THE SOUND OF SURPRISE, SERVES AS AN APT DESCRIPTION OF WHAT JAMAICAN-BORN PIANIST ALEXANDER HAS BEEN PRODUCING EVER SINCE HE CRASHED THE BIG-TIME JAZZ SCENE IN THE LATE 1960'S. WHAT SETS HIM APART FROM MOST OF HIS KEYBOARD COLLEAGUES IS THE ENORMOUS RANGE OF HIS MUSICAL INTERESTS. HE NOT ONLY HAS PAID HIS DUES AS WELL AS A PERFORMER BUT, PERHAPS MORE IMPORTANTLY, AS A LISTENER AS WELL. HE BRINGS THE JOY OF CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE IN MUSIC AND THE MUSIC OF HIS LIFE. DELIGHTFUL SURPRISES ABOUND IN BOTH THE SELECTION OF HIS MATERIAL AND THE EXECUTION OF THE SAME. THE SEVENTH ALBUM FOR MONTY ON THE CONCORD JAZZ LABEL HAS BASSIST RAY BROWN AND DRUMMER FRANK GANT LENDING STERLING SUPPORT. AS IS ALWAYS THE CASE WITH AN ALEXANDER ALBUM, THE TUNES REFLECT MONTY'S BROAD MUSICAL INTERESTS AND DISCRIMINATING TASTE."
THIS ALBUM IS GOING TO BE AROUND AS LONG AS THERE ARE EARS TO APPRECIATE THE VERSATILE GENIUS OF MONTY ALEXANDER.
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