Michel Petrucciani

4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE

This is an all-star summit that works quite well. Pianist Michel Petrucciani, a major jazz musician who had already led 11 record dates by this time (despite still being only 23), teams up with guitarist Jim Hall at the 1986 Montreux Jazz Festival for two lyrical duets: the altered blues "Careful," in which they comp exquisitely behind each other's solos, and "In a Sentimental Mood." Petrucciani and Hall are joined by Wayne Shorter on soprano and tenor for "Limbo," "Morning Blues," and the calypso "Bimini," and these songs feature some of Shorter's finest jazz playing of the era. Highly recommended

PERSONNEL:

• MICHEL PETRUCCIANI, piano
• WAYNE SHORTER, sax
• JIM HALL, guitar

Recorded live at The Montreux Jazz Festival on July 14th 1986.

TRACKS:

• 01. Limbo
• 02. Careful
• 03. Morning Blue
• 04. Waltz New
• 05. Beautiful Love
• 06. In A Sentimental Mood
• 07. Bimini