Hard Times (Vincent Herring album) explained

Hard Times
Type:studio
Artist:Vincent Herring
Cover:Vincent Herring - Hard Times.png
Released:November 3, 2017
Recorded:May 30, 2017
Studio:Sear Sound, Studio C, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Length:69:35
Label:Smoke Sessions
Producer:Paul Stache, Damon Smith
Chronology:Vincent Herring
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Hard Times is an album by saxophonist Vincent Herring, which was recorded in 2017 and released on the Smoke Sessions label.[1]

Reception

DownBeat reviewed the album stating,

Hard Times is easy to take. The tempos bob along in a relaxed sway but don’t inhibit Herring’s splashy whirlpools of elegant double-time embroideries. In different ways, he walks in the footsteps of Cannonball Adderley—figuratively in the stylistic sense, and literally as part of the Nat Adderley group in the ’90s ... Like many of Herring’s past projects, this one welcomes us with a few familiar handshakes we all know.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Hard Work" (John Handy) – 4:43
  2. "Use Me" (Bill Withers) – 5:47
  3. "Summertime" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:36
  4. "Hard Times" (Paul Mitchell) – 5:07
  5. "Embraceable You" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 5:26
  6. "Eastern Joy Dance" (Mulgrew Miller) – 7:54
  7. "The Sun Will Rise Again" (Vincent Herring) – 6:49
  8. "Picadilly Square" (Carl Allen) – 4:59
  9. "Good Morning Heartache" (Irene Higginbotham, Ervin Drake, Dan Fisher) – 7:27
  10. "Amsterdam After Dark" (George Coleman) – 7:32
  11. "Phineas" (Donald Brown) – 9:15

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hard Times . 2024-07-24 . Smoke Sessions Records . en-US.
  2. Web site: McDonough . John . DownBeat Reviews . 2024-07-24 . . en.

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