duje pearson the right touch review
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As an arranger, composer, pianist, and producer, Duke Pearson was Blue Note's secret weapon for more than a decade. This 1967 all-star octet session features 6 great Pearson tunes and arrangements. Freddie Hubbard, James Spaulding, and Stanley Turrentine are the primary soloists. This music pops with vitality. An alternate take of "Los Malo Hombres" has been added to the original LP.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 5 x 5.75 x 0.45 inches; 2.83 ounces
Manufacturer : Blue Note Records
Date First Available : February 19, 2007
Label : Blue Note Records
ASIN : B000MG2LRC
Number of discs : 1
Reviewer: dbrasuhn
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: must have
Review: what a fantastic recording of the fabulous Duke Person . great soundtrack. This is a must have if you enjoy listening to jazz.
Reviewer: Marc
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Blue Note Does It Again!
Review: The Tone Poet releases by Blue Note are a must have for any jazz collector and this one does not disappoint! Fantastic packaging, amazing sound. So many great tracks, I bought this one without wver hearing the album and Iâve listened to it at least 5 times since it arrived!
Reviewer: James Duncan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: First-rate album
Review: The more I listen to Duke Pearson, the more I appreciate what a fine and distinctive musician he was. In his liner notes, Nat Hentoff says, âThis is music which is so basic in terms of its clarity, warmth, and melodic directness that it doesnât date. No matter what trends succeed each other, this remains an island of sunny order.âAll the compositions and arrangements are Pearsonâs, and the players are Freddie Hubbard, Garnett Brown, James Spaulding, Jerry Dodgion, Stanley Turrentine, Gene Taylor, Grady Tate and Pearson. They make this recording worth many, many listenings.And if you like this, try Prairie Dog as well.
Reviewer: Hammond Guy
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Some of the best NYC jazz players were sidemen on this recording
Review: Very strong CD. Some of the best NYC jazz players were sidemen on this recording. Duke Pearson was a skillful songwriter and pianist. I'm glad that I bought this CD, I plan to buy more of his recordings.
Reviewer: Colin Jones
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: More, please
Review: Here's a nice Latin Jazz album which might appeal to Horace Silver fans if they wouldn't mind just a little less funk. The compositions are all by Duke Pearson. The front-line players - excellent though they are - nearly get upstaged by a lovely rhythm section comprising Pearson (piano), Gene Taylor (double bass) and Grady Tate (drums). It makes me want to go a-hunting for more Duke Pearson albums. What better recommendation could there be?
Reviewer: calvin johnson
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Another great Duke!!!
Review: This is a great album. One of my favorites ever. This is a hidden gem. This is a must have for jazz. The musicians really strut their stuff on this album. Duke is amazing on piano. All the other musicians play their butts off!!!
Reviewer: JoeyD
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: No doubt about it!
Review: It's a honor to be the first one to review this excellent recording. I just purchased this re-release by Mr. RVG and all I gotta say is thanks a million, because this one is superb beyond belief. From the moment I became a jazz fan I also became almost immediately a big fan of Duke Pearson. Yet, I had only one album of his as a leader 'Sweet Honey Bee' (which by the way I give a 4.5!)and I still had some doubts about just how good this one could possibly be. Apparently, according to many jazz experts I've read, RVG has already remastered all the classics and most of these newest re-releases are sub-great. Well, I can tell you that statement is a terrible generalization on top of just plain arrogance. I love this recording and it already is becoming one of my personal favorites. Duke is an amazing composer as well as being one of the greatest jazz pianists of all-time . And that line-up of his with Freddie Hubbard (trumpet), Stanley Turrentine (tenor sax), James Spaulding (alto sax) ... do I need to go on or are you kind of getting the picture. Stanley T. and Freddie were at the top of their game in 67! It's just an A+ performance by the whole octet.By the way, their bossa nova love ballad "My Love Awaits (O' Meu Amor Espero)" has to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music my ears have ever had the pleasure of listening to. I play it over and over again, each time seeming to love it more than the last. As Nat Hentoff wrote in his original liner notes "...it's as close to a flawless performance as one can find..."If you are a fan of any of these cats, then definitely purchase this album. I can't recommend this enough! These guys give great performances with not one of them stealing or hogging the spotlight from the others. That's one thing I really love about Duke P. is that he loves to share the love - he gives each member of the band their equal time to shine with their solos. And do they ever shine and deliver the goods!!!
Reviewer: Darryl Walker
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The Duke Pearson the right touch was not the right touch, but something else.
Review: This album had two different sides. The A side was Duke Pearson and the B side was Lee Morgan. Good thing I have the Right touch CD, that is why I knew the B side of the album was wrong and not Duke Pearson. So make sure you check to see if what you are buying is all Duke Pearson when you get the album.
Reviewer: JOSÃ MANUEL
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: La música y la grabación es perfecta. Dicho esto, no sé cómo tratan los productos en Amazon,o en rti ,donde se prensan los discos de Blue Note ,o durante el transporte,pero discos de 50 euros tienen que llegar PERFECCCCCTOS.No pueden llegar como este: no está plano del todo. Está un poco combado. Además, la foto de la portada tiene pequeños arañazos; seguramente de apilar una portada encima de otra sin tener cuidadoEn resumen, discos audiófilos tienen que estar perfectos,no valen disculpas. Es posible que tengan mucho trabajo y baje el control de calidad...¡¡¡pues entonces que bajen el precio!!!Si pago calidad dejo recibir calidad.Qué tome nota quién deba, pero las cosas son asÃ...
Reviewer: scuzzii
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Sq and music are first rate.
Reviewer: Zoltan Szecsi
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: excellent
Reviewer: schnatterenteapollo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Duke Pearson beglückt uns hier mit einer wundervollen Jazz-CD von 1967. Afro-kubanische Elemente ziehen sich wie ein roter Faden durch die gesamte CD. Die Musiker spielen in TOP-Form, besonder die Brass-Section mit den Jazz-GröÃen um Stanley Turrentine und Freddie Hubbard lässt keine Wünsche offen. Grady Tade gibt hier sehr einfühlsam den Rhytmus auf den Drums an. Und der Meister selbst, Duke Pearson lässt sein Klavierspiel sehr sensibel die Melodiebögen herauf- und herunterperlen. Sehr schöne CD zu einem Spottpreis!
Reviewer: Philiplo
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Le pianiste Duke Pearson a été un des piliers du label Blue Note; outre ses propres enregistrements il a assuré des fonctions de directeur artistique, arrangeur, producteur. Il connait donc bien le métier. Preuve en est cet album enregistré en septembre 1967 (par Rudy Van Gelder) où Duke Pearson s'entoure fort bien pour former un octet efficace avec Grady Tate à la batterie, le contrebassiste Gene Taylor, le trompettiste Freddie Hubbard, le tromboniste Garnett Brown, les saxophonistes James Spaulding (alto), Jerry Dodgion (alto, flute) et Stanley Turrentine (ténor). Une musique enthousiaste, pleine de punch, mâtinée de rythmes latins. Un excellent soutien rythmique de Grady Tate (par exemple son jeu de cymbales sur "Los Malos Hombres"). Six compositions très différentes du leader fort bien arrangées (avec une alt take en bonus). Tous les musiciens donnent le meilleur d'eux-mêmes (comme Freddie Hubbard sur la ballade " My love Waits") et les solos de Duke Pearson sont un vrai régal (par exemple "Make it good") . Un des meilleurs enregistrements de Duke Pearson.