SLICKROCK

 

MaxJazz / Piano Series, MXJ 209(CD)

(P)(C)2004 MaxJazz, USA

Produced by Denny Zeitlin

Recorded August 23 & 24, 2003



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Denny Zeitlin - Slickrock

 


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Credits:

Denny Zeitlin : piano
Buster Williams : bass
Matt Wilson : drums

 



Track Listing:

1. You And The Night And The Music [Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz] (4:38)
Soundclip: “This track illustrates the relaxed time feel and free-wheeling approach of this trio.”

2. Wishing On The Moon [Denny Zeitlin] (9:43)

3. Every Which Way [Denny Zeitlin] (6:56)

4. Put Your Little Foot Right Out [Larry Spier] (3:42)
Soundclip: “A delicate, tender reworking of this childhood nursery rhyme.”

5. It Could Happen To You [Johnny Burke, Jimmy van Heusen] (5:56)

6. Body and Soul [Johnny Green, Edward Heyman] (8:03)

7. Sweet Georgia Brown [Ben Bernie, Kenneth Casey, Sr., Maceo Pinkard] (4:40)

8. E.S.P. [Wayne Shorter] (4:55)

9. Just Passing By [Denny Zeitlin] (3:39)

10. SLICKROCK: Dawn; Gathering [Denny Zeitlin] (2:34)

11. SLICKROCK: On The Trail [Denny Zeitlin] (5:08)
Soundclip: “This piece was inspired by mountain biking adventures in the Canyonlands of Utah, and attempts to impart the feel of being on the trail.”

12. SLICKROCK: Recovery [Denny Zeitlin] (5:17)

13. SLICKROCK: On the Trail Again [Denny Zeitlin] (2:42)



Reviews:

DOWNBEAT: "Zeitlin remains an extraordinarily sensitive and brilliantly virtuosic pianist and composer, as attested to on his recent 'Slickrock'."

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: “Slickrock shows Zeitlin to be in unrelentingly powerful form, his approach as varied as ever, alternately thundering, funky and sensitive, and full of delightfully surprising twists and turns.”

BOSTON GLOBE: "...one of the year's most satisfying releases..."

HARTFORD COURANT: “A top-seeded modern pianist and composer…his searching, brilliant analytical music is energized…expect the unexpected as he moves in and out of styles from free jazz to straight-ahead, from prelude to tone poem…all Zeitlin’s pieces are like journeys. Instead of taking the path more traveled, he blazes his own mountain trails, revealing musical landscapes never before experienced.”

NEW JERSEY STAR LEDGER: “Zeitlin established himself as a highly original composer and brilliant jazz pianist with an exuberant technique in the mid-1960s…he is still boiling over with passionate, lyrical and harmonically adventurous music that stimulates the imagination.”

SF WEEKLY, San Francisco: “Slickrock has nary an excessive note to be heard among its 13 tracks. It’s all killer, no filler, as yesteryear’s hepcats would say.”