Harry Allen Meets The Pizzarelli Trio

Author: Allen, Harry

Format: Import

Release Date: 23-02-1999

Details: Amazon.ca The Pizzarelli family name has become synonymous with prebop swing in the postbop era. Like his father, Bucky, John wields a strong, fast strum on guitar, here easily meeting toe-to-toe with tenor saxophonist Harry Allen. Pizzarelli's usual drummerless trio abets the music's rhythmic streams better than a drum-anchored band probably could, in large part thanks to the way piano and guitar wrap each other in harmonic and rhythmic motion at once. For his part, Allen is a big-toned player, slurring tones in buildups during "Blue Lou" and playing strong, hard-blowing solos especially on "I Want to Be Happy." Pizzarelli writes in the liner notes that he wanted the CD to have a loose, jam-session-like feel to it, and Martin Pizzarelli's bass is a great rudder steering the unit further and further forward with each tune. But there are also tender ballads, catching the guitar in glistening stillness and Allen's horn in romantic mellowness. --Andrew Bartlett

UPC: 743213739724

EAN: 0743213739724

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: New