Track Listing

1. Caravan
2. April in Paris
3. Cherokee
4. Goodbye
5. New Orleans
6. Soon All Will Know
7. Foggy Day
8. Song Is You
9. Memories of You
10. In the Afterglow
11. Autumn Leaves
12. Cherokee

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #21890 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Published on: 1987-01-01
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

A blend of jazz styles
Words cannot quite describe Marsalis' "Caravan" solo ... you simply have to listen to it (over and over!) to get the feeling. In addition, the "beat building" of "Autumn Leaves" is nothing less than genius. Marsalis also swings on "Soon All Will Know" and "The Song is You." "Cherokee" (2 takes) provides a refreshing blast of energy, while songs like "Goodbye" are sweet and mellow. Marsalis and his bandmates blend well, with each playing off the others. This is definitely a CD for any jazz enthusiast.

Solid
Marsalis's phenomenal solo on "Caravan" is easily the high point of this solid album. A beginning improviser may wish to study this solo in particular because of the textbook manner in which he constructs it (i.e., building tension through various climaxes before reaching the final climax [as opposed to just filling in chords with a bunch of notes that don't go anywhere]). The quartet plays well throughout the entire album.

Superb
This is one of my favorite jazz albums. Few young jazz players (anyone born after the late Fifties) can interpret standards as well as Marsalis and the other musicians on this recording. To play a tune that's been played so many times before and give it new life takes talent and an understanding of the music. All the men on this album have that talent and understanding.

One of the other reviewers complained that there are no more Monks or Shorters out there. Well, thank God for that! It'd be an awfully dull world if everyone sounded alike. Thankfully the cats on this record are different from those who came before; they sound diferent and they have different ideas, yet they all understand what jazz is. They know how to communicate and express themselves through music.

David Bradley misunderstands jazz when he comments about jazz losing "it's place as America's most popular music when composition was given a back seat to soloists." What he's referring to is swing and dance band music. Real jazz came about with the soloists of the bebop era. That individual expression is the heart and soul of jazz. If you want to hear it done right, listen to Marsalis and his boys.