Neal Smith – Live at Smalls (2025) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

Neal Smith – Live at Smalls (2025)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:19:57 minutes | 493 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Drummer Neal Smith has a hell of a group here – Eric Alexander on tenor, Steve Wilson on alto, Mark Whitfield on guitar, and Mulgrew Miller on piano – a lineup that he more than lives up to with his tight leadership, and great choice of material for the date! The tunes include two numbers by Tom McIntosh – a telling inclusion, given the way the album brings together the same strands of soul, swinging, and cerebral that McIntosh brought to his compositions in the early 60s. Smith’s got a great way of bringing out the most sensitive aspects of the tunes, while still setting the players free to find their own voice – thanks partly to the long takes on these live recordings – and titles include “Fifty Six”, “Stew Peas”, “A Portrait Of You”, “With Malice Towards None”, “The Cup Bearers”, and “Junior”.

Tracklist:

1-1. Neal Smith – The Cup Bearers (Live) (14:04)
1-2. Neal Smith – Junior (Live) (08:20)
1-3. Neal Smith – What a Friend We Have in Jesus (Live) (14:58)
1-4. Neal Smith – With Malice Towards None (Live) (12:16)
1-5. Neal Smith – A Portrait of You (Live) (14:02)
1-6. Neal Smith – Stew Peas (Live) (08:19)
1-7. Neal Smith – Fifty-Six (Live) (07:55)

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