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Power Of Cool

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Power Of Cool

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Donald Harrison has had several musical identities in his career. Best known as a post bop altoist who played early on with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, a quintet that he co-led with Terence Blanchard, and his own jazz groups, Harrison has also been interested in hip-hop, smooth jazz, rap and funk. His sound on alto has always been original and he has an open-minded approach to music. However, although The Power Of Cool has been called "a smooth classic," in reality this CTI extravanga has Harrison mostly cast as a bit player despite the fact that he is supposedly the leader. Recorded during producer Creed Taylor's comeback years when he attempted to bring the revived CTI label back to the former glories it had reached in the 1970s (that dream did not last long), Harrison is mostly confined to moderately soulful melody statements. Vocalists dominate half of the selections, the arrangements and compositions are commercial and quite forgettable, and Harrison sounds like an anonymous studio player, even on a simplification of Lee Morgan's "Ceora." The presence of trumpeter Wallace Roney and guitarist Larry Coryell only helps a little while Jimi Hendrix's posthumous appearance on "Wind Cries Mary" seems a bit exploitative. At no time do these performances rise above the level of pleasant background music, but fortunately Donald Harrison has recorded many much more rewarding CDs in his career. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
Product details
Release Date:
2013-09-04
Publication Date:
1997-12-20
Publisher:
Membran Media GmbH / Hamburg
ISBN13:
4011220012373
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
92 g
Height:
144 cm
Width:
128 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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