{"product_id":"in-the-center-of-it-all-2","title":"In the Center of It All","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs an exponent of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/rahsaan-roland-kirk-p6898\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/rahsaan-roland-kirk-p6898\"\u003eRahsaan Roland Kirk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/marcus-p11113\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/marcus-p11113\"\u003eMarcus\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003euses a sound on his stritch, saxello, and sopranino saxophone that has a sour, bread-like taste, slightly askew, brimming with life. He's pushing the harmonic envelope while remaining tuneful. For this date,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/rahn-burton-p8194\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/rahn-burton-p8194\"\u003eRahn Burton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, longtime pianist for\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/kirk-p6898\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/kirk-p6898\"\u003eKirk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, is on the organ, an instrument he has rarely recorded with. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHis approach is very different, more patient, expansive, mellow. Chords linger, burn is minimal. Drummer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/nasheet-waits-p135393\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/nasheet-waits-p135393\"\u003eNasheet Waits\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, son of the late drummer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/freddie-waits-p36877\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/freddie-waits-p36877\"\u003eFreddie Waits\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, more than follows in his fathers footsteps, he's circling them, making his own mark as a fine jazz rhythm maker. Of these ten selections with eight originals by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/marcus-p11113\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/marcus-p11113\"\u003eMarcus\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, there's a seething-under-the-surface quality, nothing outrageous, but reverent and patient, as if the trio is waiting for the spirit to pay them a visit rather than endlessly searching for it. Several easy grooves appear as on \"Visiting Moments,\" with slight bossa nova inferences, or the waltz \"Flight of the Monarch,\" where a sopranino's cocooning melody becomes a large butterfly.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e The title track and \"San Francisco Calling\" have more church-flavored overtones, the former with dual woodwinds played à la\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/kirk-p6898\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/kirk-p6898\"\u003eKirk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, the latter with\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/burton-p6212\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/burton-p6212\"\u003eBurton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's Sunday morning-informed groove spurred on by two-note horn lines from trombonist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/clark-gayton-p79322\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/clark-gayton-p79322\"\u003eClark Gayton\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand trumpeter Gary Strauss. The brass duo also shows up for \"Goodbye to the Smile\" for\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/marcus-p11113\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/marcus-p11113\"\u003eMarcus\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e' previous bandmate and a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/kirk-p6898\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/kirk-p6898\"\u003eKirk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ealum, the late pianist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/jaki-byard-p61423\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/jaki-byard-p61423\"\u003eJaki Byard\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, whom this CD is dedicated to. On this solemn ballad, the horns echo pain and sweetness in a melody quite similar to\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/thelonious-monk-p106839\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/thelonious-monk-p106839\"\u003eThelonious Monk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's \"Ask Me Now.\" Best cuts are the lowdown blues stroll \"Badwater,\" the Afro-Cuban-tinged arrangement of the standard \"Invitation,\" and a roaring, hard bopping \"Walking on Fire,\" with a distinct Native American-metered coda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e. The ballad take of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/monk-p106839\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/monk-p106839\"\u003eMonk\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's \"Pannonica\" is also unique in that it takes the angularity of the melody and tilts it more askew without damaging its original intent, a refreshing interpretation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/michael-marcus-p11113\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/michael-marcus-p11113\"\u003eMichael Marcus\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-style-span\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eis on to something here. Hopefully the organ trio concept is not a one shot, but with the demonstrated fertile mind of the leader, it's likely he'll continue to try different combinations of musicians. This triad hit the K spot. Recommended.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Marcus","offers":[{"title":"Digital Download","offer_id":39518583226528,"sku":"0068944013050","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":39519408685216,"sku":"","price":15.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0537\/8477\/2768\/products\/5f470453-08ed-4dc0-87c0-725f4fde2c448730824932266878445-LARGE_9b11f9e2-b358-4492-9b51-b584126c8685.jpg?v=1616198732","url":"https:\/\/justin-time-records.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-center-of-it-all-2","provider":"Justin Time Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}