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Joan Fort – So Far, So Good (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 57:01 minutes | 671 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Fresh Sound Records
When I heard the first bars of the opening tune, “So Far, So Good”, I thought, “Wow! The Poll Winners are back”, recalling that famous trio from the ‘50s featuring Barney Kessel, Ray Brown, and Shelly Manne. But the comparison quickly fades as Joan Fort, Philip Lewin and David Puime are definitely having their own sound and are able to take the music to another direction.Lucky Thompson’s composition “Fly With The Wind” lives up to its name as the band truly takes flight. It swings hard and the interaction between the guitar and the drums is great. “So Nice”, written by the legendary bebop piano player Elmo Hope, has a great feel with Fort playing beautiful lines in his solo and supported by Lewin’s warm bass sound and Puime’s nice fat swinging brushes. Fort’s own composition, “Bush Baby”, begins with a beautiful guitar intro which leads to the melody in a relaxed medium tempo and I hear the phrasing and melodic influence of Jim Hall and Jimmy Raney which is very rare these days. Lee Morgan’s “Hocus Pocus” sounds really swinging in this great trio arrangement and the chase choruses between Puime and Lewin are an example of musicality.
Tracklist:
1-1. Joan Fort – So Far, So Good (04:21)
1-2. Joan Fort – Fly With The Wind (03:55)
1-3. Joan Fort – So Nice (06:09)
1-4. Joan Fort – Bush Baby (06:40)
1-5. Joan Fort – Hocus Pocus (04:34)
1-6. Joan Fort – Escapade (07:27)
1-7. Joan Fort – Where’s The Plunger (04:26)
1-8. Joan Fort – You Taught My Heart To Sing (07:34)
1-9. Joan Fort – Book’s Bossa (05:32)
1-10. Joan Fort – With A Song In My Heart (06:20)