Redux 78
The Hal Galper Quintet........ Concord Jazz, CCD 4483
W/ Mike & Randy Brecker, Wayne Dockery, & Bob Moses
Date: February 19781. Triple Play
2. My Man's Gone Now
3. Another Jones
4. I'll Never Stop Loving You
5. Tune Of The Unknown Samba
6. Shadow Waltz
7.This Is The Thing.
Jazz Society of
Oregon
Redux 78, as suggested by the title, takes us back to 1978 and one of the decades great groups - The Hal Galper Quintet. Galper on piano, The Brecker brothers - Randy on trumpet and Micheal on tenor saxophone - Wayne Dockery on bass and Bob Moses on drums were phenomenal improvisationalists of this or any era. They made history during live sessions at Rosies in New Orleans. These pieces are among the most copied and imitated works of the post-Coltrane era. This extraordinary session was resurrected from tapes recently found in the back of Hal's closet. What we have on digital disk is a sonic snapshot of Galper and his esteemed colleagues at the prime of their musical lives. In short, a keepsake.
Wayne Thomson
Pianist Hal Galper, who spent the 1980s with Phil Woods' Quintet, led a short-lived quintet of his own in the late '70s that gave the Brecker Brothers a chance to get away from the studios and really stretch out. This live session (which was released for the first time on Galper's 1991 CD) has plenty of hard-blowing with tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker showing his mastery of John Coltrane on the ballad "I'll Never Stop Loving You" while brother Randy plays expert bop during the hotter jams and the intense ballad "Shadow Waltz." The pianist-leader (who is accompanied by bassist Wayne Dockery and drummer Bob Moses) does not get overshadowed and is in fine form throughout, particularly during his feature "My Man's Gone Now." Although there are only two standards on the set, the feeling is of a jam session with Galper leading the strong rhythm section through a variety of attractive chord changes. Recommended.
Scott Yanow, All Music Guide
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