"Hangin' With The Big Boys”
CD Release Show
Wed., June 29th 10:30pm
@ SMALLS
183 W 10th St
New York, NY 10014
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Lafayette Harris-piano
Antoine Drye-trumpet
Caleb Curtis-sax
George DeLancey-bass
Will Terrill-drums
Lafayette Harris "Hangin' With The Big Boys”
(Airmen Records AAM3581) Street Date: May 6, 2016
Musicians:
Lafayette Harris Jr. piano
Houston Person tenor sax (on no’s 1,2, 7, 8, 10)
Antoine Drye trumpet
George Delancey bass
Will Terrill drums
Caleb Curtis alto and soprano sax
Jazzmeia Horn vocal
Noel Simone Wippler vocal
Caleb Curtis alto and soprano sax
Jazzmeia Horn vocal
Noel Simone Wippler vocal
This CD was recorded live in front of an invited audience. Except for very small edits, what you hear is what we played.
1. Blue Skies 3:18
I
wanted to interpret this great Irving Berlin standard with the swinging
Mr. Houston Person, and I thought the two young vocalists could have
fun with it.
2. In A Sentimental Mood 6:15
This
has always been one of my favorite Duke pieces, and Houston Person, who
recorded it on his like-titled CD, proves again that he’s the ballad
master!
3. Hangin' With The Big Boys 3:33
I
composed the title track back in the 1990s when I had my group with
Cindy Blackman, Terell Stafford, and Don Braden. I still think fondly of
them when I play it.
4. We In The House 7:25
Another
tune from that time. Cindy Blackman put that “Sister Cheryl” beat to it
way back then, when I got to do it as a member of her band. We used it
as a tribute to Tony Williams when he passed away so suddenly.
5. Don't Worry About It 0:55
This
is actually my first composition, written when I was in high school at
Baltimore Polytechnic. It stayed in my head all this time and I finally
gave it a title and started playing it only a few years ago. Here, I use
it as an interlude—sans piano.
6. The Zombie Blues 6:54
In
2011 I was working with the choreographer Candice Franklin. She liked
my tune "Blues On The Edge" and asked me to write something similar for
her company. I used a piano riff by Duke Ellington as the basis of the
composition, along with the free jazz influences I picked up playing
with Max Roach and with Roswell Rudd. I wanted a real expression of
freedom from the bass and drums. It was a challenge to get the musicians
to really go free. Then I mentioned Sonny Murray and it was like I gave
them permission to go nuts!
7. Little Kevin's Embrace 6:31
This
tune from my very first CD also appears on my solo CD. I wanted to do
it again, adding the human voice. And since it’s very much rooted in the
blues, I let Houston Person work his soulful magic.
8. Drinking Wine Blues 5:42
I
wrote this blues at the Station Café in Brooklyn, while I was—what
else? Drinking wine! After we recorded a couple of takes Jazz Judy, an
old friend who’d come to the session, suggested that I not play the
melody while Ms. Horn delivers it. So that’s what we did.
9. The Wheelhouse 3:24
Caleb’s writing is unique, and different from my style. I enjoyed the challenge of trying to interpret his tune in my own voice.
10. The Very Thought Of You 7:40
I’m in awe of Ray Noble’s compositions—they vary so much and are always such fun to play. Houston Person blows this tune up!
11. They All Laughed 5:12
I’d
been playing this Barry Harris–influenced arrangement for a while, and
then one night at Trumpets, Houston asked me to play a solo piece. The
great bassist Ray Drummond joined in, figuring out my arrangement
wonderfully as he went along. Houston dug it so much he used it on his
CD The Melody Lingers On. Here, Antoine lays out until it’s time for him
to solo.
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