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Albert "Tootie" Heath, Ethan Iverson, Ben Street: Philadelphia Beat
ByAlbert Tootie Heath
drums1935 - 2024

Ethan Iverson
pianob.1973

Ben Street
bass
Art Farmer
flugelhorn1928 - 1999

Yusef Lateef
woodwinds1920 - 2013

Dexter Gordon
saxophone, tenor1923 - 1990

John Coltrane
saxophone1926 - 1967

Anthony Braxton
woodwindsb.1945

Roscoe Mitchell
saxophoneb.1940
Questo trio sembra approfondire l'attitudine di Iverson di scomporre ai minimi termini la sintassi degli standards: là dove con i

The Bad Plus
band / ensemble / orchestrab.2000
? un modo diverso insomma di rifare la classicità di questa formula, in un percorso che Iverson disegna comunque seguendo le orme di una genealogia pianistica:

John Lewis
piano1920 - 2001

Lennie Tristano
piano1919 - 1978

Bud Powell
piano1924 - 1966

Thelonious Monk
piano1917 - 1982

Mal Waldron
piano1925 - 2002
C'è profumo di

Modern Jazz Quartet
band / ensemble / orchestrab.1952

Art Blakey
drums1919 - 1990
Un trattamento straniante è riservato al cult della disco "I Will Survive," amato da Iverson al punto da cantarlo anche dal vivo (sentito anni fa nel trio di

Billy Hart
drumsb.1940
Libretto del CD molto ben fatto, con introduzioni ai singoli pezzi di Iverson, foto d'epoca di Tootie con gli Hi-Tones ed i Bee-Boppers e altre attuali, scattate al mitico Clef Club accanto agli amici

Buster Williams
bass, acousticb.1942

Mickey Roker
drums1932 - 2017

Sam Reed
saxophone1935 - 2021
Track Listing
Bag's Groove; Reets and I; I Will Survive; Concorde; Memories of You; Con Alma; Wachet auf, Ruft Uns die Stimme, BWV 140; Bye-Ya; Everything Must Change; Speak Low; Pentatonic Etude; Bakai.
Personnel
Albert Tootie Heath
drumsAlbert Tootie Heath: batteria; Ethan Iverson: piano, piano elettrico; Ben Street: contrabbasso.
Album information
Title: Philadelphia Beat | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: Sunnyside Records
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