Waltz for Marilyn

Don Friedman | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 19, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jazz Excursion
• ASIN: B000P7V4C6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #720,023 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautifully programmed and played: one of the year's best., July 4, 2007

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Samuel Chell (Kenosha,, WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Waltz for Marilyn (Audio CD)

Pianist Don Friedman may not have the fame of a Hank Jones or Kenny Barron, but his experience, chops, taste and savvy practically match theirs. The quartet, moreover, sounds like a unit that's been playing together for years, as tight as they come, as accessible as George Shearing's music, yet full of surprises and unfailing creativity.

The music grooves from the first track, then goes through bebop, tone poems, modal, Brazilian and American Songbook territory before climaxing with a dramatic, show-stopping number featuring all four musicians in solo spots. Bernstein's guitar and Wind's bass are no less impressive than the leader's piano, with Jefferson's drumming alert and supportive throughout. The best recording of new music that I've heard at the half-way mark of 2007, including the much-hyped "Pilgrimage."