Hugh Lawson - Prime Time (1998)
Hugh Lawson - Prime Time (1998)
Jazz, Hard Bop | MP3 320 kbps CBR | Artwork | 64 min | 152 MB
Label: Storyville Records | Rel: 1998
Jazz, Hard Bop | MP3 320 kbps CBR | Artwork | 64 min | 152 MB
Label: Storyville Records | Rel: 1998
Pianist Hugh Lawson was 42 when he had his first opportunity to record as a leader. One of the many great pianists who emigrated from Detroit, Lawson spent most of his career overshadowed, but he was an excellent hard bop-based player. Teamed with bassist Bob Cranshaw (heard on acoustic for a change) and drummer Ben Riley, Lawson performs two originals, a few obscurities, Clifford Jordan's "The Highest Mountain," Charles Mingus' "Duke Ellington's Sound of Love," "I Fall In Love Too Easily" and a brief rendition of Bud Powell's "I'll Keep Loving You." A fine straight-ahead effort.
Tracklist:
01. The Highest Mountain (Jordan)
02. Blue Bones (Lawson)
03. The Need to Smile (Smith)
04. The Duke Ellington Sound of Love (Mingus)
05. Rip-Off (Lawson)
06. I Fall in Love Too Easily (Styne)
07. I'll Keep Loving You (Powell)
08. Make Me Rainbows (Williams)
09. Falling for You (Lawson)
10. The Highest Mountain (alternate take) (Jordan)
11. The Need to Smile (alternate take) (Smith)