Dragonfly - Gerry Mulligan Quartet (The)

Advantages: Driven by musical passion. Great Jazz structures (+ lack of)
Disadvantages: All tracks are very similar (no variation)

...A must have for all JTQ fans. This album incorporates acid jazz with the classic James Taylor quartet sound. Opening with Joe's Diversions, the hammond organ sound takes lead throughout the album. Vocals from new singer Yvonne Yanney bring new light to the quartet - the most prominent track being 'It's all over'. For all jazz, and especially acid jazz fans, this album provides complex melodies and harmonies, whilst capturing the unusally simple structures of acid. The album is well produced, and the selection of tracks (11 in total) are well chosen. I would recommend this album to all fans of JTQ and jazz, and to those who are willing to try something new in their musical tastes. Truly a great album, full of musical passion.... Read review

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Advantages: SImply Brilliant music
Disadvantages: Slightly too short

...playing a jazz beat on the drums. Gradually the rest of the quartet enters, bringing in such a great sound. Written in a 5/4 signature this track seems to swing, the beat is so strong. Not the best showcase for Brubeck's individual talent, but none-the -less is exactly what any fan of jazz is expecting to hear on a CD like this. 4)THREE TO GET READY: This is an extremely simple melody, made brilliant by the quality of the playing. Rather than overcomplicate the sound they keep each individual simple. Couple this with a classic 3/4 time signature the piece flows classically. This is another piece that is easy to listen to, no clashing notes or strange saxophone solos to contend with here! 5) KATHY'S WALTZ: A firm favourite with Brubeck fans, and it is easy to understand why. Dedicated to Brubeck's daughter this is again simple jazz... Read review

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...version released in the 1990’s (although I can’t remember by who) that also made it into the charts. This is unquestionably the song for which Gerry Rafferty will be best remembered, but this 54-year-old Scotsman has been around the music scene since the late sixties, and has produced many fine albums. ~ ~ Gerry Rafferty was born in Paisley in Scotland in 1947, and after cutting his musical teeth with various bands in the local working men’s clubs, pubs, and dance halls, hooked up with two other Scot’s “jimmys”, one of who you will know very well. Billy Connolly, (the “Big Yin”) the comedian and actor, has since gone on to international stardom, and is a household name the world over, but at that time was a little known artist playing the bango in a folk group called the “Humblebums... Read review

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