Rodney Jones - Dreams & Stories
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Artist: Rodney JonesPerformer: kenny kirkland
Performer: Marc Johnson
Performer: Jeff "Tain" Watts
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2005-10-25
Music Label: Savant
Soundtracks:
- Star Eyes
- Leana's Song
- Happy Blue
- The Song Is For You
- Blue Days, Blue Dreams
- Five For The Duck
- While We Dream
- Summertime
- Serena
- No Time For The Blues
- Blues When You Need Them
- Road Song
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Music Review: A Time Capsule
Rating: 5 Stars
When I first saw this album cover, I thought it was a misprint. "Kenny Kirkland?" I unwrapped the package, opened the liner notes, and still couldn't find a recording date to addend the 2005 copyright; but I popped the disc into my CD player...and sure enough, that was Kenny Kirkland.
The label's website answers that this session was recorded in 1983. So now we have perspective: This was Kenny Kirkland from the days of "Think of One" and "Scenes in the City," long before "Black Codes" and the Branford Marsalis Quartet. This session has been sitting in a vault for 22 years. It makes you wonder what else is locked away.
Rodney Jones hired Kenny, Marc Johnson, and Jeff Watts for this session. As pickup bands go, that ain't too shabby. It's difficult to be objective; but I think even if I had heard this record in 1983, I would have said Kenny was its star. From the first tune onward, he lights up every track.
The average track length is five minutes, none over six. It's radio-friendly jazz, head/solo/head with a couple standards to keep things anchored. It is what it is: Some label writes a check, and you hire sidemen to help record an album. That's how you get started. If you're lucky, you get a guy like Christian McBride who plays every gig like it's his last; and Rodney got lucky. He got Kenny, Marc, and Jeff.
I heard Rodney's last record, and it was too smooth for my taste. I can hear him going in that direction here, especially in his writing. But whatever he's playing nowadays, don't misjudge this album. It's a good pickup session from top drawer players, and it deserves five stars.
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