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One of
Down Beat's best CDs of 2003. Performing on his preferred Fazioli piano, Larry’s on-fire piano leads a world-class quintet in a soaring, swinging exploration of matters of the soul and spirit. Joe Ford, McCoy Tyner’s brilliant altoist, and soulful Ray Codrington, trumpeter for Andrew White’s JFK Quintet, are up front. Solo, quintet and trio-with-strings settings showcase some of Willis’ best ever composing and arranging. A
Pierre's Pick For Audiophiles.
Performers
Larry Willis, piano
Joe Ford, saxes
Ray Codrington, trumpet
Steve Novosel, bass
Steve Berrios, drums
Artie Sherman, vocals
The Rick Schmidt Strings: 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 celli and double bass
Track Listing
1. The Maji (5:52)
2. Sanctuary (8:25)
L.Willis -Yanina Music/BMI, strings arranged by J. Ford
3. Good Friday (4:09)
L.Willis -Yanina Music/BMI
4. Brother Ed (6:02)
L.Willis -Yanina Music/BMI
5. A Balm In Gilead (6:14)
6. Thank You, Lord (9:20)
R. Codrington/Humpty Music
7. Were You There? (6:31)
traditional - arranged by L.Willis
8. Fallen Hero (3:10)
L.Willis -Yanina Music/BMI, strings arranged by J. Ford
Total Time: 50:06
Production Credits
Produced by Larry Wills and Pierre Sprey
Engineered by Pierre Sprey
Recorded at The Piano Company (Leesburg, VA) on 01/29/2002 and 09/24/2002
Art Direction by Eldon W. Baldwin
Mastered by Barking Spider Audio (Minneapolis, MN)
Piano: Fazioli Model F-278, courtesy of The Piano Company
Technical Notes: Mastered live to two-track analog tape at 15 ips, 18-42,000 hz (±3db). Digitized on the Mapleshade custom A/D converter at 5,645 samples per second. Minimum miking and minimum-length cabling. Omega Mikro interconnects; microphone cables by Audioquest and Mapleshade. No mixing board, filtering, compression, equalization, noise reduction, multitracking or overdubbing.