Lyle Mays With Johnson & DeJohnette - Fictionary
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Artist: Lyle Mays With Johnson & DeJohnetteEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-11-14
Music Label: Warner Bros UK
Soundtracks:
- Bill Evans
- Fictionary
- Sienna
- Lincoln Reviews His Notes
- Hard Eights
- Something Left Unsaid
- Trio #2
- Where Are You From Today
- Falling Grace - Lyle Mays, Swallow, Steve
- Trio, No. 2
- On The Other Hand
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Free Music Review: Trio format suits Lyle just fine!
Hit: 4 Stars
After the general "panning" of his second album ("Street Dreams") Lyle took some time before going back into the studio without the PMG. The result is a perfectly fine trio album (with Marc Johnson & Jack de Johnette) very much in the style of the Bill Evans & Keith Jarrett Trios.
Mays has never made a secret of his admiration of Bill Evans (eg September 15 on "As Whichita Falls........") & the opening track here pays dutiful, respectful & goddam tuneful homage. The title track which follows is dedicated to Chick Corea & again the influence is apparent (personally I'm more a fan of Evans & therefore of the opening track). "Sienna" is a sassy, moody piece (deep, resonant bass lines from Johnson) with a nice groove but which could (if I was being picky) have given more space to Johnson & deJohnette (Mays does have a slight tendency to "overplay" on this disc). "Lincoln Reviews His Notes" is similar with a lovely minor riff before "Hard Eights" leads off with deJohnette literally belting his drum kit before Johnson & Mays join in (rather too "straight ahead" for my ideal liking although not without some very pleasant chords from Mays). "Something left Unsaid" is delightful melancholia & "Where are you from Today" has an appealing groove. There is artistry to burn in Trios 1 & 2 but, not surprisingly, both are a tad "disjointed". The performance of Steve Swallow's "Falling Grace" is fine but the closer "On the other hand" has Mays really overplaying badly.
Overall a solid effort but one wherein the standard of the second half (ex "Where are you from Today?") falls away somewhat from the first half.
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