Waiting for you... [CD, Original recording]

Alex Clements (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Format: CD, Original recording
• Label: ACR
• Run Time: 78 minutes
• ASIN: B000ZEH9NC
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,061,990 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Personnel: Alex Clements: piano; Alain Bradette: soprano and tenor saxophones; Chris Queenan: acoustic bass; Danny Gottlieb: drums, percussion. Track listing: Blues for GB; Nuits de Paris; Waiting for you...; Old Balsam; Time to Heal; New Horizons; Emily's Song; The New Tune; All I Can Give; Mist on the Water.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Best of Both Worlds!, May 29, 2011

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This review is from: Waiting for you... (Audio CD)

On the cover of Alex Clements' Waiting for You..., the veteran Canadian born jazz pianist is sitting in the foreground, a glass of wine in hand, looking mellow as people mingle in a party setting behind him. He looks deep in thought, but contemplation is not the first thing you think about when he and his powerful bopping quartet (led by the lyrical saxophone whiz Alain Bradette) start jamming wildly on the opening cut "Blues for GB." The folks would be dancing, or at least grooving along, if this vibe continued throughout the disc. But alas, Clements -- an internationally renowned jazz performer, Alberta Achievement Award winner and, last but not least, film composer -- takes things low-key most of the rest of the way, beginning with the gently graceful bossa "Nuits de Paris." His melodic soliloquy title track is the epitome of sax and piano elegance, while "Old Balsam" is smooth and wistfully nostalgic. After a few more slow pieces, the most compelling track "New Horizons" pops up with a vibrant whimsy. Every time Clements is about to keep the movement going, though, he rediscovers his wonderful balladry -- so the listener who appreciates candlelight might appreciate this date more than one who loves the percussive jazz style. In the future, it would be cool if Clements would do a whole album of ballads and another full set of harder bop -- he's too good at both not to do more of each. by Jonathan Widran