Cityscape

David "Fathead" Newman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 31, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Highnote
• ASIN: B0002ZRCJU
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #214,204 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Goldfinger

2. Pharoah's Gold

3. A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing

4. Bu Bop Bass

5. Here Comes Sonny Man

6. It Was A Very Good Year

7. Flankin

8. Sneakin' In

9. Suki Duki

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Living Legend Still Has the Goods, May 10, 2006

By 

Jim Newsom (Norfolk, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cityscape (Audio CD)

Yes indeed! This septet lineup is the perfect setting for Fathead-trumpet, trombone and bari sax doubling, harmonizing and comping beneath and around his saxes and flute. It's been a long time since anyone's tackled "Goldfinger," and it's a treat to hear it played here with Newman's sexy soulfulness. He's always been one of the great but underappreciated jazz flutemen, and "Pharoah's Gold" and "Flankin" rank with previous jewels like "Delilah" and "The Thirteenth Floor" at the top of his recorded flute canon. On "A Flower is a Lovesome Thing" Newman's tenor sax floats atop a smooth bed of harmonic horns, and "Here Comes Sonny Man" approximates the feel of a much larger band. "Sneakin' In" does just that with its slow funk, "Suki Duki" cooks with a Native American rhythmic and melodic feel, and "It Was a Very Good Year" is a surprisingly appropriate ballad choice dripping with soul.

originally published in Port Folio Weekly, 4/11/06.

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