Voyage

How Insensitive

Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me, and Dukas Fanfare.

Alpine Brass Quintet - Do Nothin Till You Hear From Me

Alpine Resort, in Door County, WI, with Tim Bell on clarinet.  Missing him terribly.

Days of Wine and Roses with Tim Bell

These are various short tracks I've been recording, as part of a Jazz Repertoire online class I'm taking with Mike Tracy...

OutOfNoWhere

Gone With The Wind

NeverLetMeGo

An assignment in my Jazz Repertoire class.  We had to record "I Got Rhythm" first chorus, another tune of our choice (Moose the Mooche,)second chorus, and a chorus improvised.   It's the TF quartet, with TF, tpr; TF, pn; TF, bs; and special guest, TF, dr. :-)

RhythmChanges

Flugel horn and piano by my socially distanced self.

Voce E Eu

'Homey' hits 7 on World Jazz Radio Charts! 

"Bob, I Love the record Homey " Dezron Douglas wonderful bass player for Louis Hayes, Cyrus Chestnut and many many more? thank you so much Dez can't tell you what this means to me bro.. Much Love BL
 
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Bob Levey, Homey The Intervention Band 


Tracks: Autumn Leaves, Groovin' High, Israel, I Thought About You, Peri's Scope, Solar, Very Early, You Go To My Head, Beatrice, Lament, Lament.

Musicians: Bob Levey (drums), Justin Pfeifer(Piano), Ashton Taufer (Bass), Tim Fox (trumpet, Piano) 

This is an album that the aficionados of bop will thoroughly enjoy. The ensemble gathered here are first class musicians who ply their trade with both joyful abandon and sensitivity. The session was done in a day giving it the feel of extemperaneous 'swing' as the glorious bands of Bird et al exhibited in the heyday of jazz. There is bop from top to bottom, with each tune carefully chosen.

 "Groovin' High" is a prime example of jazz as it should be played. Pfeifer's piano opens matters like a cool breeze. Tim Fox wails in fine fashion weaving a message around the melody. Justin Pfeifer's joins in with a Powellesque solo. Bob Levey has time like a Rolex and his accents drive this tune along like a man on a mission. 

"I Thought About You" Tim Fox says hello with a soulful and sensitive melody tribute to Mercer, Van Heusen and Leiber. Nice brush work by Levey with no undo frills. The bass solo has the sound all basses should have. This is a lovely tune done with all the respect it deserves....Mr. Peifer comps beautifully adding even more tasty chords to complete this gem. 

"Peri's Scope" is a jaunty excursion into the land where bop resides. Fox trots in with another idea filled solo that sweetly swings. The drums back Peifer's offerings and the bass and drums stroll merrily along hand in glove.
 
"Lament" Like a susurrus the stimuli of Bill Evans is heard in Tim Fox's solo, which I define as perfection in form, the brushes add a lot to this song. 

This is a CD that the true cognoscenti will relish along with the jazz litterati. It's beauty lies in the fact that the tunes are treated with the respect they deserve (as previously mentioned.) I would reccommend this recording with no hesitation. 

*5 Stars
 


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