- the neo-bop
movement branched into its own
subgenre based upon its "
straightahead roots." With the new decade, the
influence of the Jazz
Messengers reverberated...
-
Forecast released them as if they were
newly recorded. The
songs are in a
straightahead blues style.
Hardin recorded a
similar set of much
better songs about...
- "harder rocking" than the
title track. Cash Box
called it "a light,
straightahead pop/rocker that, in places,
brings to mind the
Beach Boys or the Beatles...
-
Gibbons wrote of Mode Plagal: "On
first hearing, they are a driving,
straightahead jazz-funk outfit.
Listen longer and the
restless Gr**** spirit, audible...
-
reviewed the album,
stating "The all-star
lineup is in fine form on the
straightahead material and bop fans will want to pick up this". All
compositions by...
- is fine
mainstream jazz of the 1950s that is
easily recommended to
straightahead jazz fans
although little unexpected or all that
memorable occurs"....
-
noting "The
veteran musicians all
sound quite inspired on this
advanced straightahead set" and
calling it "A gem". The
Penguin Guide to Jazz
described it...
- The
AllMusic review by
Scott Yanow stated "the
music is
generally straightahead hard bop.
Drummer Philly Joe Jones, who has
short solos on each of the...
-
Yanow states, "This is a fine
effort and
would be
worth picking up by
straightahead jazz fans even if John
Coltrane had not parti****ted." All
tracks are...
- 's
occasional strays away from R&B-oriented jazz to play in a more
straightahead setting.
Switching between soprano, alto and tenor,
Grover is accompanied...
