New Time, New 'Tet Explained

New Time, New 'Tet
Type:Album
Artist:Benny Golson
Cover:New Time, New 'Tet.jpg
Released:January 20, 2009
Recorded:August 25 and September 29, 2008
Studio:Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ and G Studio Digital, Studio City, CA
Genre:Jazz
Length:70:47
Label:Concord
CJA-31121
Producer:Benny Golson, Dennis Wall
Chronology:Benny Golson
Prev Title:Terminal 1
Prev Year:2008
Next Title:Horizon Ahead
Next Year:2016

New Time, New 'Tet is an album by saxophonist/composer Benny Golson that was recorded in 2008 and released on the Concord label the following year.[1] [2] [3]

Reception

The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos said "the watchwords for this recording are erudite, refined, intelligent, and above all, sophisticated. Appreciative veteran jazz lovers will want this excellent set of straight-ahead jazz from one of the true masters who needs to reclaim or affirm nothing in his decades as one of the true legends in American music".

All About Jazz's George Kanzler stated "He has displayed an unfailing gift for suave melodies combined with elaborate and sophisticated harmonies, all spiced with rhythms ranging from sultry saunters to high-stepping marches. And his playing, like his compositions, never relinquishes melody, no matter how baroque or extravagant his bebop-inspired harmonic flights may soar.".[4]

JazzTimes' Perry Tannenbaum observed "Surprises are strewn along our path as Golson temporarily disregards Broadway in favor of Verdi and Chopin".[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Benny Golson except where noted

  1. "Grove's Groove" (Steve Davis) – 8:33
  2. "Airegin" (Sonny Rollins) – 6:45
  3. "From Dream to Dream" – 7:35
  4. "Whisper Not" – 4:38
  5. "Epistrophy" (Thelonious Monk, Kenny Clarke) – 8:46
  6. "L'Adieu" (Frédéric Chopin) – 5:40
  7. "Love Me in a Special Way" (El DeBarge) – 7:07
  8. "Gypsy Jingle-Jangle" – 7:14
  9. "Verdi's Voice" (Giuseppe Verdi) – 7:26
  10. "Uptown Afterburn" – 7:08

Personnel

Production

Notes and References

  1. https://concord.com/concord-albums/benny-golson-new-time-new-tet/ Concord Records discography: album details
  2. https://www.bennygolson.com/discography.html Benny Golson website: discography
  3. https://www.jazzdisco.org/benny-golson/catalog/#concord-jazz-cja-31121-02 Jazzdisco: Benny Golson catalog
  4. Kanzler, G., All About Jazz Review, accessed February 26, 2019
  5. Tannenbaum, P., JazzTimes Review, accessed February 26, 2019