02.Who Needs Forever?
03.The Watcher Osby
04.Jitterbug Waltz
05.Sanctus Hall
06.(Back Home Again In) Indiana
07.Nature Boy
08.Touch Love
09.With Son Osby
10.The Watcher, No. 2.
Greg Osby Clarinet, (Alto Sax )
Gary Thomas (Flute, Alto & Tenor Sax)
Jim Hall (Guitar)
Andrew Hill (Piano)
Scott Colley (Bass)
Terri Lyne Carrington (Drums).
Recording information: Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, NY (09/08/1999-09/09/1999).
Saxophonist Greg Osby is one of the generation of post-Coltrane players who've absorbed not only bop and post-bop conventions, but also jazz avant-garde, funk and rock. This makes Osby a singular player, with a blues-informed, bittersweet tone recalling Gary Bartz or Donald Harrison.
On INVISIBLE HAND, Osby gets jazz legends Andrew Hill and guitarist Jim Hall to act as sidemen for the first time in over a decade. The resulting mix of standards and originals by Osby, Hall, and Hill makes for an understated yet gently compelling album. There's a deceptively laid-back, relaxed feel to this session, which almost obscures the fact that there are many unpredictable twists and turns to each tune. Osby's "The Watcher" is a somber yet lovely elegy that avoids messy sentimentality, while his version of the Nat "King" Cole classic "Nature Boy" sounds like it should be part of the soundtrack to a Brazilian film noir. "Tough Love" is a soulful tribute to the blues ballad sides of Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt and Ornette Coleman. INVISIBLE HAND is a classic example of a talented iron hand in a velvet glove.www.cduniverse
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