A Live Tone Poet
4 Stars
Posted
Monday, June 7, 2021
by
Brian VanPelt
This was recorded live, and the way it is mic'd suggests the 3 musicians were in close proximity when this was recorded. It's almost like a mono record. The musicians seem stacked front-to-back. I guess the sax is up front and the drums are in the back. The bass is back there somewhere. Now, it is a stereo album, but the sonic image is clustered close to the middle, and the sax stays in the middle - it's the obvious attraction (and holy cow can Joe Henderson play). I am used to the musicians being spread out from speaker-to-speaker, so I give 4 stars because I would have enjoyed it more if the 3 musicians were spread across my speakers. Otherwise, the recording is stellar, albeit not as loudly cut as the other Tone Poet releases that I've reviewed so far.
Every instrument is well-defined, and the drums can sometimes be intense - I could feel them like I was there - that guy is a maniac. I don't know how the bass guy can keep up, but his fingers are up to t
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