"The first real innovator to hit jazz drumming in the '90s" Entertainment Weekly. Organic, acoustic, powerful. Leon Parker is a revolution in jazz drumming. Only a a real master can go towards total synthesis. Parker focuses on the very essence of rhythm as no other drummer ever did. Ugonna Okegwo is the ideal match for providing a mezmerizing foundation for the soloists to recreate Parker's hypnotic compositions, or a fresh, delightful verion of "In A Sentimental Mood". Parker extracts his joy from integrating his musical relationships into renewed configurations of time and tone. His sound has now equal. This CD is a must have in any serious jazz collection.
PERSONNEL: TOM HARRELL, trumpet, flugelhorn
STEVE DAVIS, trombone
STEVE WILSON, alto sax
ADAM CRUZ, piano
UGONNA OKEGWO, bass
LEON PARKER (drums, vocal)
Waterford, Conn., 1996.
Originally Columbia
Tracks:
01. Ray of Light
02. Village Song: Africa
03. Close Your Eyes
04. Calling Out
05. Belief
06. Horizon Azul
07. Wide Open
08. First Child
09. In a Sentimental Mood