Eric Reed didn’t want to make a good record, he wanted to make a great one. “You don’ just want it to sound good. You want it to be killing.” And, his Groovewise is that killing record. It features a memorable quartet with Seamus Blake, Ben Williams, and Gregory Hutchinson and is the first recorded meeting of Reed and Hutchinson in over 15 years. They are clearly inspired performing in front of a live audience and the creative energy flies off the bandstand.

PERSONNEL:

SEAMUS BLAKE, saxophones (except 4)
ERIC REED, piano
BEN WILLIAMS, bass
GREGORY HUTCHINSON, drums

Recorded live at Smoke Jazz Club,September 6 & 7, 2013

TRACKS:

01. Powerful Paul Robeson
02. Until the Last Cat has Swung
03. Manhattan Melodies
04. The Gentle Giant
05. Ornate
06. The Shade of the Cedar Tree
07. Bopward
08. Una Mujer Elegante
09. Groovewise (Intro)
10. Groovewise