Artist: Buck Hill
Album: I'm Beginning to See the Light
Genre: Hard Bop
Label: Muse Records
Released: 1991
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue)
Tracklist:
- Blue Hill (Hill) - 3:55
- Lullaby of Loosdrecht (Hill) - 7:59
- Mitzi (Hill) - 4:41
- Bossa for Sax (Hill) - 9:07
- I'm Beginning to See the Light (James-Ellington-Hodges-George) - 5:20
- But Beautiful (Burke-Van Heusen) - 8:28
- I Want to Be Happy (Caesar-Youmans) - 3:33
- Warm Valley (Ellington) - 5:32
- Blues in Five for Four or More (Hill) - 4:08
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- Personnel:
- Buck Hill - tenor saxophone
- Jon Ozment - piano
- Carroll Dashiell - bass
- Warren Shadd - drums
Tenor saxophonist Buck Hill spent most of his prime years working as a mailman in the Washington, D.C., area and occasionally playing jazz at night. He was already a veteran when he began recording in 1978 and, fortunately, his legacy has been well documented ever since. A thick-toned tenor, Hill has a style that is boppish and looks both toward swing and hard bop simultaneously. Joined by a fine, if obscure, Washington-based rhythm section, Hill performs five of his basic originals and four standards on this date, including "Blue Hill," a lyrical "But Beautiful," a cooking "I Want to Be Happy," and a melodic rendition of Duke Ellington's "Warm Valley." This out of print CD is an excellent example of Hill's musical talents.
Review by Scott Yanow