Bruce
Forman: There Are Times
LP: Concord Jazz CJ-332
CD: Concord Jazz CCD-4332
Tracks & Composers
1 There Are Times (Marshall)
2 Milan K (Wissels)
3 All the Things You Are (Hammerstein, Kern)
4 The Nearness of You (Carmichael, Washington)
5 Stella by Starlight (Washington, Young) [CD bonus track]
6 Con Alma (Gillespie)
7 Strike up the Band (Gershwin, Gershwin)
8 Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington, Gordon, Mills)
9 Little Rootie Tootie (Monk)
Hutcherson is on tracks 2-4, 8 and 9
Personnel
Bruce Forman (g); Bobby Hutcherson (vib); George Cables (p); Jeff Carney
(b); Eddie Marshall (d)
Recording Date & Location
August 1986, San Francisco, CA
Commentary
There Are Times is a pleasant, laid back collection of standards
in the jazz mainstream style. It doesn't offer much that's terribly new,
but it accomplishes what it sets out to do beautifully. Hutcherson plays
on five of the nine tracks. He solos most extensively on their gentle
version of Duke's "Prelude to a Kiss." I should also mention George Cables'
playing. His work on "Stella by Starlight" and "Con Alma" is particularly
lovely and compelling.
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