Larry Willis - I Fall in Love Too Easily

[GA Russell]



Artist Title Time           Larry Willis Today's Nights 05:48       Larry Willis Heavy Blue 03:41       Larry Willis Anna 06:09       Larry Willis Habiba 06:21       Larry Willis The Meaning of the Blues 08:34       Larry Willis Let's Play 08:11       Larry Willis Climax 05:54       Larry Willis I Fall in Love Too Easily 05:55       New from Larry Willis Larry Willis - I Fall in Love Too Easily • HighNote Records HCD 7326 Larry Willis, piano Jeremy Pelt, trumpet • Joe Ford, alto saxophone Blake Meister, bass • Victor Lewis, drums     It may be somewhat ironic, yet ultimately fitting that this, the final recording by Larry Willis, brought the veteran pianist/composer right back to the place where he first began his impressive career as recording artist that spanned over a period of six decades. The Harlem, New York born Willis first entered the hallowed halls of Rudy Van Gelder’s legendary Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey studio as a twenty-two year old graduate of the Manhattan School of Music on January 29, 1965 to record with Jackie McLean for Blue Note Records.  Willis’s expansive resume includes entries with the likes of Cannonball Adderley, Nat Adderley, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Stan Getz, Jerry Gonzalez and the Fort Apache Band, Clifford Jordan, Carmen McRae, David “Fathead” Newman, Woody Shaw, and many more.  He appeared on hundreds of albums as a sideman and dozens more as a leader of his own impressive bands.  The music played here with long-time friends Victor Lewis and Joe Ford, and his relatively new colleague Jeremy Pelt shows Larry Willis displaying the intense creativity and impeccable taste which made him once of the most respected keyboard artists in jazz.   Like our stuff?  Let’s hear from you. Record Company Contact Barney Fields • HighNote Records, Inc. www.jazzdepot.com

[bertrand]

Is Climax the DeJohnette piece?

[GA Russell]

1 hour ago, bertrand said:

Is Climax the DeJohnette piece?

I'll ask.

[sonnymax]

7 hours ago, bertrand said:

Is Climax the DeJohnette piece?

From the NYT:

Willis marches through a catalog of originals and classics, including “Climax,” a zipping modal composition by Jack DeJohnette that was one of the pieces he recorded with McLean at those early sessions, in that same studio, more than 50 years before.

[HutchFan]

Thanks for the heads-up on this, GA Russell.  It's a record that I'll be getting, for sure.

 

I'm still bummed out about Larry Willis' passing.