Frank Hewitt - Salience

[relyles]

A few years ago there was general appreciation of Frank Hewitt on the board. Without much fanfare Smalls has released another Hewitt trio recording with Ari Roland and Jimmy Lovelace. I have not heard it yet, but based on my enjoyment of the previous releases this will be on my short list of items to purchase.

Edited October 11, 2011 by relyles

[Utevsky]

I'm glad to hear there is another Frank Hewitt recording. The first two were very good!

[relyles]

I'm glad to hear there is another Frank Hewitt recording. The first two were very good!

I enjoyed all five releases that preceded the new one. I just received Salience in the mail yesterday. Hoping to work it into the rotation within the next couple of days.

[Niko]

glad to see the label is reactivated (or, at least, i have the impression there are new releases i hadn't seen before)

http://www.smallsrecords.com/wp/catalog/

just streaming the alex hoffman album and really like it

[relyles]

While listening to this for the first time today I had the thought that the quality of the performances was consistent with that on the previous five releases. The thrill of a new discovery has faded, but the playing is nonetheless fresh and ultimately rewarding. Then I read the liner notes and realized that five of the nine selections on the new recording are actually remastered versions of titles that appeared on the first posthumous Frank Hewitt release, We Loved You. The remaining four selections are released here for the first time, but all the titles come from the same May 16, 2001 recording session. Apparently these were all intended to be his first release, but when Hewitt passed away before the recording could released some changes were made.

So, the short story is that if you enjoyed the previous releases - especially the first one - you should enjoy this. However, unless you have decided that (like me) you will purchase any Hewitt recording that is released, be forewarned that more than half of Salience was actually previously released on We Loved You.