With the Tenors of Our Time

Roy Hargrove | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 17, 1994)
• Original Release Date: May 17, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000046V3
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,369 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hargrove keeps getting better, October 2, 2001

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Harold T Thomas (Silver Spring, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: With the Tenors of Our Time (Audio CD)

Though this album features jazz saxophonists Branford Marsalis, Stanley Turrentine, Joshua Redman, Joe Henderson, Ron Blake and Johnny Griffin, it's the craft of Hargrove's horn playing that truly makes this album work so well. The addition of these quality saxophonists only heightens the experience one has come to expect from a Roy Hargrove album. Moving from one piece to the other is silky, and the CD offers that "in-the-club" feel that doesn't always get translated in album performances. After having played the album numerous times, I still get a thrill from listening to it. "Shade of Jade" and "Soppin' the Biscuit" with their distinctive jazz combo feel contrast very well with "Across the Pond," and "When We Were One," which will make you want to slow dance with a partner. And the album is upbeat, though humble in its own way; the musicians are never brash or overbearing, but sonorous and musically aware of each other. "Once Forgotten" has become one of my favorites on this album for just that reason -- it blends the tone qualities of the instruments so well, that one rarely if ever gets the impression one musician is trying to outdo another or take the spotlight. In that respect this album is more than gracious, a pleasure for the ears and soul, attracting me to it each time I look at my CD rack.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Roy Hargrove's best CD so far, May 26, 2000

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Erik Werkman (Utrecht, Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: With the Tenors of Our Time (Audio CD)

This is clearly Roy Hargrove's best effort so far. The playing is exquisite and intense at the same time, the guest appearances very effective, "Valse Hot" with Branford Marsalis being my personal favorite (even though normally I don't like his playing very much). A special mention goes to the drummer Gregory Hutchinson, who too seldomly gets to play good stuff like this to show what he is worth (a whole lot). The quintet's tenor sax player Ron Blake holds his own, too, among these other illustrious tenors.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best jazz albums of the 90's., October 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: With the Tenors of Our Time (Audio CD)

A few years ago, I became a very big fan of the jazz genre' and this CD was the main reason. This CD was one of the first jazz CD's that I purchased and although it is a few years old I still listen to it daily. Roy Hargrove is one of, if not the best young jazz artist out there today, and this album proves it. This CD is one of the best jazz CD's of the 90's. Roy Hargrove definitely has skills, and you need to check out this great CD.