Ear Food

Ear Food

Ear Food
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Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2008-07-29
Music Label: Emarcy
Soundtracks:
  1. I'm Not So Sure
  2. Brown
  3. Strasbourg / St. Denis
  4. Starmaker
  5. Joy Is Sorrow Unmasked
  6. The Stinger
  7. Rouge
  8. Mr.Clean
  9. Style
  10. Divine
  11. To Wisdom The Prize
  12. Speak Low
  13. Bring It On Home To Me

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Free Music Review: My favourite jazz CD of this year
Hit: 5 Stars

As soon as I heard the first few bars of the first track on this CD, I knew I was going to love it. I've been a fan of trumpeter Roy Hargrove's for some time now and while this is a very different from the last album of his I bought (2003's hip-hop influenced The RH Factor: Hard Groove), it has that beautifully delicious blend that I adore when it comes to modern jazz; great songs played by quality musicians, putting in quality performances, without trying to be too clever or excessively complicated. These guys don't give the impression of wanting to talk down to the target audience - whether deliberately or inadvertently. (And yes, Mr Redman, I'm talking to you).

The album sounds like it was a lot of fun to make. It's definitely a lot of fun to listen to and you don't need a degree in music to enjoy it. Indeed, on the inner-sleeve notes, Hargove describes "Earfood" as "Sound Nutrition" and says the recording 'was made to bring sonic pleasure to the listener'. He's more than achieved his aim as far as I'm concerned.

The quintet is made up of Hargrove on trumpet & flugelhorn, Justin Robinson on alto sax & flute, Gerald Clayton on piano, Danton Boller on bass and Montez Coleman on drums - brilliant musicians all, and they give some absolutely beautiful solos.

I love the kicker album opener, "I'm Not So Sure" (written by Cedar Walton); the ballads "Brown" (Hargrove); "Starmaker" (Lou Marini) and "Joy Is Sorrow Unmasked" (Hargrove); the upbeat "The Stinger" (Hargrove); "Style" and "Divine" (both by Hargrove), another two fine ballads; the intriguing "To Wisdom The Prize" (Larry Willis) and "Speak Low" (Kurt Weill & Ogden Nash) yet another ballad that almost reduces me to tears every time I hear it. A live performance of the Sam Cooke oldie, "Bring It On Home To Me" rounds off the CD brilliantly. (I don't know what happened but my copy does not contain the song "Yemenja" listed up there. Maybe it's only available on the MP3 album? I don't really care).

And I almost forgot "Strasbourg / St. Denis". While a lovely song in its own right, it always makes me smile because I have very fond memories of the Paris neighbourhood and Metro station from which I presume it gets its name.

But really, this is all good. 13 great tunes, produced by Larry Clothier and Roy Hargrove, and recorded & mixed by the legendary Al Schmitt. I just love it. I reckon it's my favourite jazz CD of this year.
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Ear Food Poster

"This recording was made to bring sonic pleasure to the listener," says trumpeter/bandleader Roy Hargrove about his sublime new album, Earfood, his debut Groovin' High/Emarcy Records. "Simple melodies moving around luscious chords allow [my working quintet] to capture attention and give a feeling of transcendence." Nicknaming the album Sound Nutrition, Hargrove delivers a 13-song collection of nutritious post-bop jazz that includes seven of his originals and six covers that range from the upbeat Cedar Walton crowd-pleaser "I'm Not So Sure" that opens the CD to the New Orleans-styled endsong, Sam Cooke's "Bring It On Home to Me." "This is my favorite way to play," says Hargrove, who, at 38, is one of a handful of jazz artists of his generation who have deservedly attained critical and commercial star status. "I like playing music that's considered classic jazz, especially now when it's hard to find musicians who deal with the jazz tradition. So many people are playing the `new and improved' jazz, which alienates a lot of the audience. I'm not afraid to play the blues and soul, and I like to try to be innovative. But I prefer the standards sound. If you get too far from that, what's the point?"

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