Who saw the Ron Blake quartet at Detroit JF?

[jazzmessenger]

Did anyone here see the Ron Blake quartet (at times quintet) at the Detroit Jazz Festival??? In my opinion, this group was one of the best at this year's festival. I thought the Louis Hayes quintet, James Carter quintet and Jon Faddis quartet gave a very strong performance, too.

Anyway, I am tyring to remember the first tune Ron Blake played. I remember the melody. I have heard that song before, but can't remember the name. Can anyone help?

[Joe G]

I wish I could have been there! We had a gig, though. Glad to hear they were burning.

[Joe G]

Just a guess, but was the tune Sara's Dance, by Tommy Turrentine?

[jazzmessenger]

Oh yeah, it was one smokin' show. I wish you could have made it to the show. Joey DeFrancesco almost stole the show. He is just an exciting and fun player to watch and listen.

Anyway, I think most tunes were from his Mac Avenue CD. The song I really liked sounded like Dexter Gordon's Cheesecake. It may have been the one. Does he play that tune often? I thought you might know. Didn't you tour with him before?

[Jim Alfredson]

I will email him and ask.

[jazzmessenger]

Thanks, B3-er!

[Jim Alfredson]

From the man himself:

hey jim-

what's up. good to see randy the other day.

we had fun in detroit the other night.

i think, if you're talking about the 1st tune on

monday's set, it was voyage(kenny barron). sunday

was sara's dance(tommy turrentine).

hope eveything's going good.

ron.

RonBlakeMusic.com

[bertrand]

'Sara's Dance' is a great composition. Tommy Turrentine's compositional skills are never trumpeted enough (no pun intended).

Bertrand.

[Jim Alfredson]

I agree. Joe and I have been doing that tune a long time.

[Michael Fitzgerald]

And I'll put in a good word for Kenny Barron's "Voyage" - recorded by Stan Getz, Benny Golson and many others.

Mike