mikeb Posted March 13, 2003 Report Share Posted March 13, 2003 Anyone picked up his latest, "Strings", on Milestone? Impressions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeb Posted March 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 Guess I will find out for myself, as I have apparently won a copy from Fantasy ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenny weir Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 Good deal! Have you heard his Joe Henderson album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tapscott Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 Snidero's Joe Henderson CD is great. Highly recommended. The only downside is that it's a bit short. They could easily have included a couple more great Henderson tunes. But what's there is terrific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeb Posted March 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2003 (edited) Kenny, I have not, but thanks for the recommendation (John, too)! I'll pick it up ... Edited March 16, 2003 by mikeb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeb Posted April 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 FINALLY got around to listening to this this morning. Initial impressions: Snidero reminds me (on this session, anyway) of Sonny Stitt w/out the flash. Which is not a bad thing, mind you. The strings don't blend quite as well as some other sessions I've heard. Billy Drummond doesn't get to do much. Renee Rosnes is OK, I've heard her sound better. Most tunes are pretty sleepy. "River Suite" is interesting (some nice flute work from Snidero), and "Forever Gone" has a subtle funkiness to it, but nothing else grabbed me on first listen. I will definitely explore this disc again, but initially, I have to say I'm glad I didn't spend $15+ on it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe M Posted May 30, 2003 Report Share Posted May 30, 2003 I think Jim would have been better off if he had a more experienced arranger write the charts for the strings. They sound kind of dated, though it's still a nice session, but not great. A good album to compare it to is Stefano DiBattista's new cd on Blue Note, Round About Roma. I'd put both Stefano and Jim on about the same par as players, good players, not on the level of Kenny Garrett or Jackie Mac, but good regardless. Well, Vince Mendoza did the charts for Stefano's cd, and they're wonderful (and I'm not always a big Mendoza fan). They integrate very well with the quartet and the original compositions. By comparisions Snidero's charts just seem to be lacking something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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