Artist: The Howard Alden Trio
Album: A Good Likeness
Genre: Mainstream Jazz
Label: Concord Jazz
Released: 1993
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Nobody Else But Me (Kern-Hammerstein) - 6:41
- The Peacocks (Rowles) - 5:23
- Something to Live For (Strayhorn-Ellington) - 6:31
- Single Petal of a Rose (Ellington) - 2:39
- Lotus Blossom (Strayhorn) - 5:23
- The Eel's Nephew (Freeman) - 5:18
- Turn Out the Stars (Evans) - 4:38
- No More (Camarata-Russell) - 4:35
- Just as Though You Were Here (Brooks-Delange) - 6:16
- Crepuscule with Nellie (Monk) - 2:24
- Echo of Spring (Smith-Williams) - 3:33
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- Personnel:
- Howard Alden - guitar
- Michael Moore - bass
- Alan Dawson - drums
Howard Alden is heard in prime form throughout this superior trio set, which matches his guitar with bassist Michael Moore and drummer Alan Dawson. Although thought of as a swing player, and there are versions of Bud Freeman's "The Eel's Nephew" and Willie "The Lion" Smith's "Echo of Spring" on this CD, a lot of the music is much more modern. Alden, a versatile and always-stimulating player, uplifts such tunes as Jimmy Rowles' "The Peacocks," Duke Ellington's "Single Petal of a Rose," "Turn out the Stars," and Thelonious Monk's "Crepuscule With Nellie."
Review by Scott Yanow