Not so much for jazz listeners as jazz players, the
Listen Here: Jazz Play-A-Long for All Musicians series takes the compositions of jazz masters, recording them with, more often than not, very acceptable bands, and places them on a disc with an accompanying book with notated music. They are perfect for capturing the essence of a tune's groove and feel, while not sounding stilted. This volume, dedicated to the great soul-jazz saxophonist
Eddie Harris, contains 14 of his tunes including "Freedom Jazz Dance," "Boogie Woogie Bossa Nova" "Sham Time," and "Chicago Serenade," played by a piano trio featuring
Steve Allee on the keys, bassist
Rufus Reid, and drummer Jonathan Higgins. ~ Thom Jurek