An Energetic Outing
Karl W. Nehring | Ostrander, OH USA | 08/11/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The title of this DSD-recorded (mastered down to standard 16-bit CD format) leaves no doubt that
this is a meeting of jazz all-stars, and each of the three leaves his mark upon the proceedings. McCoy Tyner rose to fame playing with John Coltrane back in the '60s, Stanley Clarke rose to fame accompanying pianist Chick Corea in the fusion group Return to Forever back in the '70s, and veteran drummer Al Foster seems to have been around forever, but for the sake of consistent chronological progression I will point out that he for a time provided rhythmic propulsion for Miles Davis's electric comeback band back in the '80s. These three gentlemen then got together back in the late '90s to make an album together, which Telarc released in the early '00s. None of these three musicians has a reputation for babying his instrument; as you might expect, this is an energetic outing in which all three musicians make a solid contribution.
Although there are covers of a few standards, most of the cuts are by Tyner; the opening cut, Tyner's "Trane-like," is nine minutes of pure jazzical joy, and cut nine, his rhythmic workout titled "Carriba," is bound to get you bouncin'. Tyner's piano sounds bigger than life (perhaps that is appropriate, actually), but other than that, the sound quality is superb."
SACD warning
Gaylen Halbert | Weimar, California United States | 02/24/2010
(1 out of 5 stars)
"This is a 5 star album musically and the DSD edition sounds great. Warning is that if you order the Hybrid SACD version [to which this review is addressed] you will receive a DSD disc that is not SACD. The ASIN numbers do NOT make a difference. Maybe this is an issue between me and Amazon, but I have decided to keep the DSD version and eat the $ difference. If someone gets an actual SACD please add a comment."