Sunday, December 4, 2016

Rich Perry - Mood (SteepleChase Productions ApS 2016)



“Mood” deciphers “ballads” here in this Rich Perry new album, which is, to quote the liner notes author Neil Tesser, “.. all ballads, all handled with skill and taste, yet all pushing at the edges to find something else.”


RICH PERRY tenor saxophone
HAROLD DANKO piano
JAY ANDERSON bass
JEFF HIRSHFIELD drums

1 DETOUR AHEAD (Herb Ellis, Lou Carter, John Frigo) 12:13
2 BUT BEAUTIFUL (Jimmy Van Heusen) 7:57
3 EVERYTHING I LOVE (Cole Porter) 8:26
4 MONK’S MOOD (Thelonious Monk) 6:42
5 SOMETIME AGO (Sergio Mihanovich) 9:59
6 I FALL IN LOVE TOO EASILY (Jule Stein) 12:06
7 ALL OF ME (Seymour Simons/Gerald Marks) 9:13

Total Playing Time 66:39