Review
by AllMusic
The title of this 1961 release best sums up this quartet album. There is nothing particularly innovative about this recording, but the level of expertise and musical maturity displayed here is truly astonishing. This is simply straight-ahead hard bop performed by some of the finest musicians in 1960s jazz, including saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman and pianist Wynton Kelly.
Newman's playing is not only confident, it is unbelievably inspired. He rips through all six selections here, employing the great bebop vernacular developed by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Newman plays tenor, alto, and flute on STRAIGHT AHEAD, providing some variation to this set. Newman's flute work on his composition "Night of Nisan" is particularly energetic, as is his alto solo on his bluesy "Congo Chant." The highlight of the record, however, is the smoking, Caribbean-flavored opening track, "Batista's Groove."
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by AllMusic
The title of this 1961 release best sums up this quartet album. There is nothing particularly innovative about this recording, but the level of expertise and musical maturity displayed here is truly astonishing. This is simply straight-ahead hard bop performed by some of the finest musicians in 1960s jazz, including saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman and pianist Wynton Kelly.
Newman's playing is not only confident, it is unbelievably inspired. He rips through all six selections here, employing the great bebop vernacular developed by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Newman plays tenor, alto, and flute on STRAIGHT AHEAD, providing some variation to this set. Newman's flute work on his composition "Night of Nisan" is particularly energetic, as is his alto solo on his bluesy "Congo Chant." The highlight of the record, however, is the smoking, Caribbean-flavored opening track, "Batista's Groove."
https://www.allmusic.com/album/straight-ahead-mw0000661652
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Reseña
por AllMusic
El título de esta edición de 1961 es el que mejor resume este álbum de cuarteto. No hay nada particularmente innovador en esta grabación, pero el nivel de pericia y madurez musical que se muestra aquí es realmente asombroso. Se trata simplemente de hard bop directo interpretado por algunos de los mejores músicos del jazz de los 60, entre ellos el saxofonista David "Fathead" Newman y el pianista Wynton Kelly.
La interpretación de Newman no sólo es segura, sino increíblemente inspirada. Hace estragos en las seis selecciones, empleando el gran lenguaje del bebop desarrollado por Charlie Parker y Dizzy Gillespie. Newman toca el tenor, el contralto y la flauta en STRAIGHT AHEAD, aportando cierta variación a este conjunto. El trabajo de Newman con la flauta en su composición "Night of Nisan" es especialmente enérgico, al igual que su solo de contralto en su blues "Congo Chant". El punto culminante del disco, sin embargo, es el humeante tema de apertura con sabor caribeño, "Batista's Groove".
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