{"id":4805,"date":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T22:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/jung-on-jazz-june-1998\/"},"modified":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-01T22:21:10","slug":"jung-on-jazz-june-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=4805","title":{"rendered":"Jung on Jazz June 1998"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><cfinclude template=\"_back.inc\"><title>Jung on Jazz June 1998<\/title><?php require($DOCUMENT_ROOT . \"_body.htm\");   ??><\/p>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"420\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#0000FF\" size=\"1\">  \t<a href=\"#Hank Jones\">Hank Jones<\/a><br \/><a href=\"#Robert Stewart\" target=\"_self\">Robert Stewart<\/a><br \/><a target=\"_self\" href=\"#George Winston\">  \t<nobr>George Winston<\/nobr><\/a><br \/><a href=\"#Wynton\" target=\"_self\">Wynton Marsalis<\/a><br \/><a href=\"#Coleman\" target=\"_self\">George Coleman<\/a><br \/><a href=\"#Tardy\" target=\"_self\">Gregory Tardy<\/a><br \/><a href=\"#Marcus\" target=\"_self\">Michael Markus\/Jaki Byard<\/a><br \/><\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">  \t<b><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a name=\"ttop\"\/>  \t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/system\/jungonjazz.gif\" width=\"197\" height=\"37\" align=\"middle\" border=\"0\"\/><br \/><b><font color=\"Black\" size=\"2 face=\" verdana=\"\">  \tJune 1998<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"98%\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"*\" valign=\"top\" align=\"left\" colspan=\"2\">\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#000000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/storypix\/favors.gif\" alt=\"Hank Jones - Favors\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"3\" width=\"130\" height=\"128\"\/><\/font><a name=\"martino\"\/><strong><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#0000FF\" size=\"4\"><a name=\"Hank Jones\">Hank Jones<\/a><br \/><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#0000FF\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:12pt\">Favors<br \/><\/font><\/strong><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#0000FF\" size=\"1\">Verve<\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\"><br \/><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/>      Honorary degrees are not a new thing for persons associated with jazz. Dave Brubeck and      Bill Cosby have both been honored by numerous higher educational institutions. The Osaka      College of Music announced Hank Jones would be a permanent guest professor in 1992. Jones,      the elder brother of Thad and Elvin Jones, has held recitals at the college&#8217;s central hall      for the past few years. Favors is a live recording of his fifth piano workshop at the      Osaka College of Music. The first half of the program is tunes performed in a trio format      (bassist George Mraz and drummer Dennis Mackrel) and the latter half is the trio backed by      the Osaka College of Music&#8217;s Winds of Jazz Orchestra, comprised of graduates and staff of      the jazz program. <\/p>\n<p>      &#8220;Love for Sale&#8221; is masterfully understated and brims with class. Jones&#8217; right      hand initiates the melody with long, sustained lines, compelled by nonchalant left-hand      chords. The Winds Jazz Orchestra serves Jones faithfully on a courtly reading of &#8220;I      Got It Bad (And That Ain&#8217;t Good)&#8221; and sustains that through the charming &#8220;How      High the Moon.&#8221; Jones&#8217; warm melodies and delicate remarks drift effortlessly above      the harmonics of the strings and brass. <\/p>\n<p>      Favors is an inviting album with superior sound quality for a live recording. Jones is a      master at his craft and deserves wider acclaim. It is a shame he has to get it overseas. <\/font><\/p>\n<p>Personnel: Hank Jones, piano; George Mraz, bass; Dennis Mackrel, bass;      Winds Jazz Orchestra Osaka College of Mu<font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">sic      (O.C.M.)<\/p>\n<p>      Tracks: Love for Sale, Favors, Passing Time, Comin&#8217; Home Baby, Interface, Speak Low, On      Green Dolphin Street, I Got It Bad (And That Ain&#8217;t Good), How High the Moon, A Child Is      Born, Armageddon<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\">&#8211; <a href=\"#ttop\">TOP<\/a> &#8211;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#0000FF\" size=\"4\"><a name=\"Robert Stewart\">Robert Stewart<\/a><br \/><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#0000FF\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:12pt\">The Force<\/font><\/strong><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\"><br \/><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"1\" color=\"#0000FF\">Qwest<br \/><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:10pt\"><br \/>      John Coltrane has given birth to more imitators and influenced more musicians than any      figure in jazz. Robert Stewart was not even born when Coltrane passed away on July 17,      1967, but Coltrane&#8217;s influence on the 28-year-old tenor saxophonist is remarkable. Stewart      has developed his skills largely from performing in the Bay Area and with Wynton Marsalis,      Dizzy Gillespie, McCoy Tyner and Billy Higgins. Stewart&#8217;s second album on Quincy Jones&#8217;      Qwest Records is accurately titled The Force and his quartet and his quartet includes      fellow Bay Area musician Ed Kelly on piano (Stewart was a former student of Kelly) and      fellow Marsalis alumnus Reginald Veal on bass and Jeff &#8220;Tain&#8221; Watts on drums. <\/p>\n<p>      A prayer &#8220;Al-Fatihah,&#8221; with its Eastern tonalities opens the session. Stewart      plays the syllables of an Islamic prayer over the drone of the synthesizer. The meditative      title track &#8220;The Force&#8221; often alternates between hypnotic drones and turbulent      chaos. Stewart fires off a cleanly constructed combination of moans and screams with his      platter of dissonant passages a la John Coltrane. Watts lays into his drum kit,      aggressively assaulting an awe- inspiring solo. Stewart buries his rhythm section for an      emotionally-charged &#8220;Revelations.&#8221; The saxophonist sinks his teeth into the      melody and the energy he generates is overwhelming. <\/p>\n<p>      The Force is only Stewart&#8217;s third album and his residence in the Bay Area has not helped      his visibility, but this is a voice that, if developed correctly, cries out with      potential. Stewart is still forming his own sound, but until then John Coltrane is a fine      example. <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"1\">Personnel: Robert Stewart, tenor saxophone, flute,      synthesizer; Ed Kelly, piano; Reginald Veal, bass; Jeff &#8220;Tain&#8221; Watts, drums<\/p>\n<p>      Tracks: Al-Fatihah, The Force, Resurrection, Peace Within, Sanctuary, Blackness, The Black      Stone, Dion, Ripple, Revelations, Love of Life<\/font><\/p>\n<p><\/font>      <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\">&#8211; <a href=\"#ttop\">TOP<\/a> &#8211;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\"><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#000000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/storypix\/alltheseasons.jpg\" alt=\"George Winston - All the seasons...\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"3\" width=\"130\" height=\"124\"\/><\/font><strong><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#0000FF\" size=\"4\"><a name=\"George Winston\">George Winston<\/a><br \/><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#0000FF\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:12pt\">All the Seasons of George Winston<\/font><\/strong><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\"><br \/><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"1\" color=\"#0000FF\">Windham Hill<\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#000000\"> <\/p>\n<p>Montana must have the most vividly extraordinary seasons in      all the world, at least according to the music of pianist\/composer George Winston.      Although Winston plays a variation of styles ranging from folk, to stride, to rhythm and      blues, and credits his influences as Henry Butler and Professor Longhair, Winston is more      of a painter than a piano player. <\/p>\n<p>      All The Seasons of George Winston is a collection of piano solos from Winston&#8217;s highly      successful seasons series, Autumn, Winter Into Spring, Summer, December, Forest, and Linus      and Lucy &#8211; The Music Of Vince Guaraldi. <\/p>\n<p>      &#8220;Colors\/Dance&#8221; from Autumn evokes images of falling leaves and the gentle breeze      of coming winter. The summer months are represented by &#8220;Hummingbird,&#8221; a lively,      floating melody that could hover over fields of daisies. His thematic piano solos continue      with &#8220;Thanksgiving,&#8221; a pensive reflection of family and the warmth and comfort      of holidays. <\/p>\n<p>      Contemporary instrumental music, a.k.a. New Age Music, has been disparaged recently with      perceptions of Yanni and John Test at an outdoor arena comically directing symphony      orchestras, but Winston is not in that category. All The Seasons of George Winston is an      intriguing look into his 25-year career and is much more than mere elevator music. <\/p>\n<p><\/font>      <\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">Personnel: George Winston, piano <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">Tracks: Colors\/Dance, The Venice Dreamer      (Part 2), Living In The Country, The Cradle, Joy, Treat Street, Variations On The Canon By      Pachelbel, Thanksgiving, Miles City Train, Corrina Corrina, Hummingbird, Longing\/Love,      Cast Your Fate To The Wind, Sandman, The Snowman&#8217;s Music Box Dance, Northern Plains, Sleep      Baby Mine <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\">&#8211; <a href=\"#ttop\">TOP<\/a> &#8211;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><strong><a name=\"Wynton\"><font size=\"4\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:14pt\" color=\"#0000FF\" face=\"Verdana\">Wynton      Marsalis<\/font><\/a><font size=\"3\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:12pt\" face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#0000FF\"><br \/>      The Midnight Blues: Standard Time Volume 5<br \/><\/font><\/strong><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"1\" color=\"#0000FF\">Columbia<\/font><\/p>\n<p><strong><font color=\"#0000FF\" face=\"Verdana\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/storypix\/midnightblues.gif\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" alt=\"Midnight Blues\" width=\"137\" height=\"123\"\/><\/font><\/strong><font color=\"#000000\" size=\"2\" face=\"Verdana\">Recently, Wynton Marsalis has received just as much      criticism as he has praise. Marsalis&#8217; Blood on the Fields may have been awarded the 1997      Pulitzer Prize for music, but in jazz circles he is better known for his much- publicized      feud with Keith Jarrett and his often-maligned relationship with Stanley Crouch. As much      as he has done to bridge the gap between classical music and jazz, Marsalis is also      vilified for spawning a movement of younger musicians to acquaint themselves with the      roots of jazz music. These double standards have taken away from Marsalis&#8217; music. That is      a shame, considering Marsalis has arguably done more to promote jazz music, than any other      musician in history. <\/p>\n<p>      Marsalis&#8217; first installment of his Standard Time series was released in 1986 and featured      drummer Jeff &#8220;Tain&#8221; Watts, pianist Marcus Roberts, and bassist Robert Hurst. The      Midnight Blues: Standard Time Volume 5 also incorporates the quartet format and unites      Marsalis with the seasoned Lewis Nash on drums and long-time band members Eric Red on      piano and Reginald Veal on bass. <\/p>\n<p>      Marsalis is in excellent form throughout the recording. Some of the highlights include an      exquisite treatment of &#8220;You&#8217;re Blase,&#8221; with Marsalis&#8217; radiant tone and flawless      pitch in complete control, backed by Reed, Veal, Nash and a string orchestra and Veal&#8217;s      majestic bowed solo introducing a sumptuous &#8220;It Never Entered My Mind,&#8221; which      finds Marsalis&#8217; heartbreaking melancholy drifting between Reed&#8217;s gentle advance. Other      highlights involve a delightful &#8220;Ballad Of The Sad Young Men&#8221; and a somber      &#8220;The Midnight Blues.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>      The energy and emotion Marsalis is able to generate is mesmerizing. The fifth installment      of the Standard Time volumes serves as a capable bookend and dismisses the unnecessary      criticisms. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">Personnel: Wynton Marsalis, trumpet; Eric      Reed, piano; Reginald Veal, bass; Lewis Nash, drums<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">Tracks: The Party&#8217;s Over, You&#8217;re Blase,      After You&#8217;ve Gone, Glad to Be Unhappy, It Never Entered My Mind, Baby, Won&#8217;t You Please      Come Home, I Guess I&#8217;ll Hang My Tears Out To Dry, I Got Lost In Her Arms, Ballad of The Sad      Young Men, Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year, My Man&#8217;s Gone Now, The Midnight Blues <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\">&#8211; <a href=\"#ttop\">TOP<\/a> &#8211;<\/font><\/p>\n<p>    <center>  <cfinclude template=\"\/ads\/jazzbanner.cfm\"\/><\/center>    <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/storypix\/gcoleman.gif\" alt=\"George Coleman\" align=\"right\" width=\"124\" height=\"153\" hspace=\"2\"\/><strong><font color=\"#0000FF\"><a name=\"Coleman\"><font size=\"4\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:14pt\"><font face=\"Verdana\">George Coleman<\/font><\/font><\/a><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:12pt\"><br \/><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\" color=\"#0000FF\">I Could Write a Book &#8211; The Music      of Richard Rodger<\/font><font color=\"#0000FF\"><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:12pt\">s<\/font><\/font><\/strong><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:10pt\"><br \/><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"1\" color=\"black\">Telarc<\/font> <font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#000000\"><\/p>\n<p>      Manassas High School in Memphis, Tennessee was a breeding ground for jazz heavyweights.      Pianist Harold Mabern, trumpeter Booker Little, and saxophonists Frank Strozier, Charles      Lloyd, Hank Crawford and George Coleman were all classmates during the early fifties.      Coleman, who got his start serving time with B.B. King in 1955, subsequently went on to      work with Max Roach, Charles Mingus, Chet Baker and Lee Morgan. But, Coleman&#8217;s most      visible stint was with Miles Davis, between 1963 and 1964, playing with Herbie Hancock,      Ron Carter, and Tony Williams (Wayne Shorter replaced Coleman). For this quartet session,      Coleman plays the music of famed composer Richard Rodgers and he reunites with pianist      Harold Mabern, bassist Jamil Nasser and drummer Billy Higgins. <\/p>\n<p>      Coleman picks up the soprano for the familiar &#8220;Bewitched, Bothered and      Bewildered.&#8221; The saxophonist breezes through his changes and lingers above the chord      voicings of Mabern. Mabern begins a lightly swinging performance of &#8220;My Favorite      Things.&#8221; Coleman&#8217;s soprano is acute and he offers entertaining variations, while      being wary not to emulate the Coltrane classic. Coleman&#8217;s cunning wit and familiar boppish      style are featured on an up-tempo &#8220;I Could Write A Book.&#8221; The lengthy reworking      of the standard is thoroughly enjoyable. <\/p>\n<p>      Coleman approaches the music of Richard Rodgers with a light-hearted spring in his step      and the results speak for themselves. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">Personnel: George Coleman, tenor saxophone,      soprano saxophone; Harold Mabern, piano; Jamil Nasser, bass; Billy Higgins, drums <\/p>\n<p>      Tracks: Falling in Love with Love, My Funny Valentine, Lover, Bewitched, Bothered and      Bewildered, I didn&#8217;t Know What Time It Was, My Favorite Things, Have You Met Miss Jones,      People Will Say We&#8217;re In Love, I Could Write a Book, Medley &#8211; There&#8217;s a Small Hotel\/Where      or When\/The Sweetest Sounds, Thou Swell<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\">&#8211; <a href=\"#ttop\">TOP<\/a> &#8211;<\/font><\/p>\n<p\/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/storypix\/serendipity.gif\" alt=\"Serendipity\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"3\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"145\" height=\"130\"\/><strong><font color=\"#0000FF\"><a name=\"Tardy\"><font size=\"4\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:14pt\"><font face=\"Verdana\">Gregory Tardy<\/font><\/font><\/a><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:12pt\"><br \/><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\" color=\"#0000FF\">Serendipity<\/font><\/strong><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\"><br \/><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"1\" color=\"#0000FF\">Impulse<\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\"><br \/><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#000000\"><br \/>      Gregory Tardy credits John Coltrane with sending him down his musical path, &#8220;I&#8217;ll      never forget the day I first heard Coltrane, my world was turned around.&#8221; Tardy, who      has garnered high praise from famed Coltrane drummers Elvin Jones and Rasheed Ali, has      been honing his tenor saxophone chops at New York&#8217;s Smalls. His Impulse debut,      Serendipity, is a launching pad for his musical career and features the superb playing of      trumpeters Tom Harrell and Russell Gunn, pianists Mulgrew Miller and Aaron Goldberg, and      bassist Reginald Veal and drummer Eric Harland. <\/p>\n<p>      &#8220;Ah-ite&#8221; has an appearance by Gunn, who has been associated with the young      saxophonist for the past four years. Tardy&#8217;s call and response interplay with Gunn is      reminiscent of the glory days of Old and New Dreams with Tardy playing the role of Dewey      Redman and Gunn playing Don Cherry. <\/p>\n<p>      &#8220;The Fractar Question&#8221; (Tardy&#8217;s nickname is Fractar) links the tenor with the      admirable Harrell. The two harmonize in unison and take turns, offering and listening to      one another&#8217;s ideas. Tardy plays superbly on the twelve-bar blues and his oratorical      phrasing is advanced for such a young musician. Tardy makes his foremost impression on      &#8220;Ask Me Now,&#8221; backed only by a subdued Veal. <\/p>\n<p>      Tardy may refer to his musical journey, thus far, as being serendipitous but this young      man has earned his recognition. A fine player with solid fundamentals and a strong      character, Tardy will be entertaining audiences for years to come.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">Personnel: Gregory Tardy, tenor      saxophone; Tom Harrell, trumpet; Russell Gunn, trumpet; Mulgrew Miller, piano; Aaron      Goldberg, piano; Reginald Veal, bass; Eric Harland, drums<\/p>\n<p>      Tracks: Forgiveness, Blues to Professor Pickens, JL&#8217;s Wish, Ah-ite, Prisoner of Love, The      Fractar Question, Whenever, Wherever, Whatever, Serendipity, Ask Me Now<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\">&#8211; <a href=\"#ttop\">TOP<\/a> &#8211;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" align=\"right\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/storypix\/involution.gif\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" alt=\"Involution\" align=\"right\"\/><strong><font color=\"#0000FF\"><font size=\"4\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:14pt\"><font face=\"Verdana\"><a name=\"Marcus\">Michael Marcus \/ Jaki      Byard<\/a> <\/font><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\" style=\"font-face:verdana; font-size:12pt\"><br \/><\/font><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"3\" color=\"#0000FF\">Involution <\/font><\/strong><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\"><br \/><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"1\" color=\"#0000FF\">Justin Time <\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#000000\"><\/p>\n<p>      Joe Lovano helped develop and first premiered the straight tenor saxophone to rave      reviews. Multi-reedman Michael Marcus is the second prominent player to pick up the      modified tenor made by LA Sax and includes the instrument on his third Justin Time      recording Involution. Marcus also operates the saxello or manzello, a reconfigured soprano      saxophone and stritch, a straight alto, which Rahsaan Roland Kirk frequently employed.      Marcus, who has played with Sonny Simmons, Billy Higgins, and Frank Lowe&#8217;s Saxemble, is      joined by the Jaki Byard trio with Byard on the piano, Ralph Hamperian on the bass, and      Richard Allen on the drums. Inspired by Gil Melle&#8217;s &#8220;Quadrama,&#8221;      &#8220;Quadraphonics&#8221; is advanced avant-garde. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#000000\">Working with a straight      tenor, Marcus warps a version of scales, then transforms into an all out shower of bleats,      whines, and squawks. Marcus&#8217;s grainy tenor sax engages in spiritual exchanges with Byard      on an ethereal John Coltrane&#8217;s &#8220;Dear Lord.&#8221; Byard is a jazz encyclopedia and his      knowledge of various styles lends well to his chameleon-like adaptability and creditable      versatility as a sideman, as shades of Monk, Garner, Hines, and even an intermittent      splash of Waller are audible. On the title cut &#8220;Involution,&#8221; Marcus plays the      saxello and stritch simultaneously, a nod to the venerable Roland Kirk. Marcus merits      wider recognition and acclaim. The fact that he is wallowing in the mire of jazz      triviality is a discredit to the industry. Involution is not merely the title of Marcus&#8217;s      album, but what he has received from an unreceptive, commercially watered-down business.<\/p>\n<p><\/font><font face=\"Verdana\" color=\"#000000\" size=\"1\">Personnel: Michael Marcus, straight      tenor saxophone, stritch, saxello; Jaki Byard, piano; Ralph Hamperian, bass; Richard      Allen, drums<\/p>\n<p>      Tracks: Israel, Quardraphonics, The Legend of Hale-Bop, Soultrane, Man From Lovejoy, Off      Minor, Sacred Law, Dear Lord, Surfer Girl, Involution <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana\" size=\"2\" color=\"#0000FF\">&#8211; <a href=\"#ttop\">TOP<\/a> &#8211;<\/font><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>        <center>  <cfinclude template=\"\/ads\/jazzbanner.cfm\"\/><\/center>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/storypix\/LOGOS\/btn_jazz.gif\" border=\"0\" width=\"88\" height=\"31\"\/><?php require($DOCUMENT_ROOT . \"_footer.htm\");   ??><\/cfinclude><\/body><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jung on Jazz June 1998 Hank JonesRobert Stewart George WinstonWynton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4805\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}