Mel Lewis & The Jazz Orchestra - Compositions Of Herbie Hancock: Live In Montreux (1982/2015) [Official Digital Download]

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Mel Lewis with The Jazz Orchestra - Compositions Of Herbie Hancock: Live In Montreux (1982/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Time - 49:12 minutes | 552 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

This album’s theme is special: pieces by one of the greatest jazz musicians of the last half century, Herbie Hancock, with Bob Mintzer taking on the arranging duties. A quick rundown of who solos: One Finger Snap features John Marshall on trumpet, Lee Robertson’s trombone, and Jim McNeely on piano. Dolphin Dance: Dick Oats alto, John Mosca, trombone. On Wiggle Waggle Richard Perry takes the tenor solo, Jim McNeely the piano, and Carl Gardner the trumpet; the feel is funk with a dash of Latin. With its rich, inventive juxtaposition of French horn, flutes, and horns, the ballad Speak Like A Child is one of Mintzer’s arranging highpoints on the album. Dick Oats takes the emotive soprano solo. Eye Of The Hurricane showcases Gary Pribek’s baritone sax; Joe Lovano’s tenor solo foreshadows his rise to stardom, and Mel gets in his licks with a tempestuous solo. Mike Hennessey calls the music “big band jazz at the highest state of the art”. It’s a good call.