Grace is a good duo session pairing bassist David Friesen with pianist Jeff Gardner. (It's comparable to Friesen's 1999 outing with Denny Zeitlin.) Friesen contributes only two originals: the title track and "Change of Heart," the latter featuring an extended bass solo. Most of the writing falls to Gardner, whose six tunes range from mid-tempo blues ("Blues for Hawk") to minor-key bossa ("Achados E Perdidos") to gospel/pop inflection ("Dad's Dream"). Gardner also takes an unaccompanied turn with "Preludio Para Rita." There ...
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Grace is a good duo session pairing bassist David Friesen with pianist Jeff Gardner. (It's comparable to Friesen's 1999 outing with Denny Zeitlin.) Friesen contributes only two originals: the title track and "Change of Heart," the latter featuring an extended bass solo. Most of the writing falls to Gardner, whose six tunes range from mid-tempo blues ("Blues for Hawk") to minor-key bossa ("Achados E Perdidos") to gospel/pop inflection ("Dad's Dream"). Gardner also takes an unaccompanied turn with "Preludio Para Rita." There's a standards component too: a bright, swinging "All the Things You Are" and a closing meditation on "My Funny Valentine." Recorded live in Belgium (there's no hint of audience response until the very end), the disc is hampered by a brittle piano sound and an excess of reverb, but the writing and playing are strong. ~ David R. Adler, Rovi
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Add this copy of Grace to cart. $11.95, new condition, Sold by CorgiPack rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fulton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Khaeon.
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New. Size: 5x4x0; Audio CD media in New condition in original case. Sealed in publisher's shrinkwrap. This is the first piano/bass duo jazz recording by bassist David Friesen & pianist Jeff Gardner, and the duo shines through the sheer inventiveness & virtuosity of the playing in a wide range of orignal compositions. High points include the elegant, Latin-flavored opening track "Esquencendo, " the spectacular opening bass solo on "Change Of Heart, " and the understated swing of the jazz standard "All The Things You Are." David plays a rare Hemage electric upright bass, hand-built by H. Erlacher in Austria.
