Guitarist John Hart has long had an affinity for working with groups that feature the organ as a primary instrument. Having worked with Jimmy Smith and logged a 16-year tenure with organist Jack McDuff, the guitarist now presents Act Three, yet another project with another organ master, this time New York-based keyboardist Gary Versace on the Hammond B3 organ. Versace is one of the most in-demand musicians on the jazz scene today.
Rounding out Hart's new band is long-time collaborator, drummer Andy Watson, who anchored Hart's touring band throughout the 1990s but whose musical relationship actually goes back even further to the 1980s. A professor of Jazz Guitar at the University of Miami's prestigious Frost School of Music, Hart has recorded two previous organ trio albums, only one as leader making this effort, his second organ trio album as lead.
Presenting a buoyant repertoire of six originals and three well-travelled standards, the music takes off with the title track setting the pace followed by a highly charged Nat Simon jazz standard "Poinciana," where the leader's solos are especially pronounced bouncing off the organist sizzling arrangement. Both Hart and Versace turn in a tender performance on Jule Styne's classic ballad "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry."
The music moves on through several originals such as the up-tempo waltz "Out of Somewhere" and "Heretics," which Hart says is "the most challenging tune on the album because of its shifting time signatures." Add to that the bluesy "Lile My Attitude," and "Low Point Avenue," a contrafact of the standard "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" featuring some heat from all three players.
By EDWARD BLANCO
June 5, 2020
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/act-three-john-hart-steeplechase-records
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El guitarrista John Hart tiene desde hace tiempo afinidad por trabajar con grupos que tienen el órgano como instrumento principal. Después de haber trabajado con Jimmy Smith y de haber estado 16 años con el organista Jack McDuff, el guitarrista presenta ahora Act Three, otro proyecto con otro maestro del órgano, esta vez el teclista neoyorquino Gary Versace al órgano Hammond B3. Versace es uno de los músicos más solicitados de la escena del jazz actual.
Completando la nueva banda de Hart se encuentra su antiguo colaborador, el baterista Andy Watson, que ancló la banda de gira de Hart durante la década de 1990, pero cuya relación musical en realidad se remonta incluso a la década de 1980. Profesor de Guitarra de Jazz en la prestigiosa Frost School of Music de la Universidad de Miami, Hart ha grabado dos álbumes anteriores de trío de órgano, uno solo como líder, haciendo de este esfuerzo, su segundo álbum de trío de órgano como líder.
Presentando un repertorio boyante de seis originales y tres estándares bien transitados, la música despega con el tema del título marcando el ritmo seguido por un estándar de jazz de Nat Simon muy cargado, "Poinciana", donde los solos del líder son especialmente pronunciados rebotando en el arreglo chispeante del organista. Tanto Hart como Versace realizan una tierna interpretación de la balada clásica de Jule Styne "I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry".
La música avanza a través de varios originales como el vals de ritmo rápido "Out of Somewhere" y "Heretics", que según Hart es "la melodía más desafiante del álbum por sus cambios de compás". A esto hay que añadir el blues "Lile My Attitude", y "Low Point Avenue", un contrafacto del estándar "Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise" que cuenta con el calor de los tres músicos.
Por EDWARD BLANCO
5 de junio de 2020
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/act-three-john-hart-steeplechase-records
Colaborador / Contributor: Pere
1 - Act Three - 5:43
2 - Poinciana - 7:32
3 - Bad Penny - 6:36
4 - I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry - 9:15
5 - Out Of Somewhere - 6:25
6 - Heretics - 7:26
7 - Like My Attitude - 7:07
8 - Low Point Avenue - 7:47
9 - Indian Summer - 8:28
Credits:
Drums – Andy Watson
Guitar – John Hart
Liner Notes – Neil Tesser
Mixed By, Mastered By, Producer, Photography By – Nils Winther
Organ [Hammond B3] – Gary Versace
Recorded By – Chris Sulit
Notes
Recorded in December 2018.
Label: SteepleChase – SCCD 31885
Released: 15 Feb 2020
Genre: Jazz
Style: Post Bop
https://www.discogs.com/John-Hart-Gary-Versace-Andy-Watson-Act-Three/release/14978174
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