Une synthèse de l'histoire de la vie depuis la naissance de la Terre jusqu'à l'avènement d'Homo sapiens. L'auteur y dévoile les métamorphoses de la planète, de la lave à la glace en passant par des millions d'années de pluie, ainsi que les secrets de la survie de l'espèce humaine. Il évoque aussi les obstacles à l'évolution, dont les météorites et les éruptions volcaniques. …
Matthew Gee (1925-1979), who belatedly had the opportunity to record this album, “Jazz by Gee!,” his first and only one as a leader, in 1956, was one of many talented jazzmen who earned the solid and lasting respect of his peers without ever achieving the public recognition they clearly deserved. Leonard Feather described Gee as one of the “best and most underrated of bop-influenced trombonists.”
Trombonist Matthew Gee was primarily a section player and a valuable sideman, but as this CD reissue shows, he could have been a significant soloist too. The two sessions (Gee's only two as a leader) feature him in an unusual quintet with altoist Ernie Henry (the trombone-alto blend has a unique sound) and at the head of a septet also including trumpeter Kenny Dorham, tenorman Frank Foster, and baritonist Cecil Payne. The music is quite bop-oriented and mixes together standards with three swinging Gee originals. An underrated and generally overlooked gem by a forgotten trombonist.