Feeling Right

Phil Wright | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 25, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 28, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Chartmaker
• ASIN: B000009OMH
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #609,439 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hot Mama

2. Sometime Samba

3. Never Let Me Go

4. Circle

5. Detour Ahead

6. Shadow Dance

7. Twilight Serenade

8. Sweet Summer Breeze

9. Blue Lady

Editorial Reviews

From Jazziz

If Grandma Moses didn't start painting until she was in her eighties, what's wrong with veteran pianist Phil Wright launching his solo career at 70 with Feeling Wright (Chartmaker)? A contemporary of Joe Sample and Ramsey Lewis (he was on staff at Chess and Capitol as an arranger and producer in the decades when those two were first grabbing the spotlight), Wright has a similar style - soulful and pop-oriented, yet strong on traditional-jazz improvisation. On the briskly swinging "Hot Mama," he invokes the playful high-register attitude of yet another from that era - Vince Guaraldi. While Wright seems most at home jumping off into swirling, lightning-quick runs, as on the frenetic "Sometimes Samba," he also proves capable of subtle ballads like "Twilight Serenade." And his trio (with bassist Andy Simpkins and drummer Bruno Carr) enjoys experimentation; "Circle" begins as a gentle love letter, then evolves into a swinging jam complete with exploding hi-hat flourishes and unexpected glissandos, and ends with a heated bass-piano conversation.

--- JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc.