Work

Geraldine Laurent - At Work (2015) {Gazebo GAZ123}
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Jazz / Post Bop / Contemporary Jazz / Alto Saxophone

A chaque nouvel album, Géraldine Laurent confirme. Souffle chaud et surpuissant. Chant viscéralement inspiré. Conversations toujours passionnantes. Respect d’une certaine tradition. Improvisations sans superflu. Virtuosité jamais gratuite. At Work, produit par le pianiste Laurent de Wilde, est lui aussi la communion de tout cela. Ce saxophone alto incandescent rappelle également que le jazz n’est pas seulement une affaire d’hommes. Epaulée par Paul Lay au piano, Yoni Zelnik à la contrebasse et Donald Kontomanou à la batterie, Géraldine Laurent signe sans doute son disque le plus concis mais, à l’arrivée, son plus personnel et son plus abouti. Un havre de musicalité où ses propres compositions se fondent à la perfection dans celles d’épées nommées Monk, Mingus ou Jobim. Brillant.

Work Song is a near-classic by cornetist Nat Adderley. Adderley utilizes a cornet-cello-guitar front line with Sam Jones and Wes Montgomery, along with a top-notch rhythm section pianist including Bobby Timmons, Percy Heath, or Keter Betts on bass and drummer Louis Hayes. First up is a fine early performance of his greatest hit, "Work Song." He also helps introduce Cannonball Adderley's "Sack O' Woe." Four songs use a smaller group, with Timmons absent on "My Heart Stood Still," which finds Keter Betts on cello and Jones on bass; "Mean to Me" featuring Nat backed by Montgomery, Betts, and Hayes; and two ballads ("I've Got a Crush on You" and "Violets for Your Furs") interpreted by the Adderley-Montgomery-Jones trio. No matter the setting, Nat Adderley is heard throughout in peak form, playing quite lyrically.