Style: Jazz
Primary Emotions/Themes: Classic jazz compositions with a xylophone as the main focus
Thoughts: I've been listening to a lot of jazz lately, and in doing so I've added to my collection. Oscar Peterson's trio mixed with Milt Jackson may very well be the best addition I've had in this latest batch of acquisitions.
The basis of this album takes the classic jazz trio of upright bass, drums, and piano and mixes it with the excellent xylophone work of Milt Jackson. This is the kind of music that I picture when someone says they enjoy jazz in a lounge setting. This is the kind of jazz that I want to listen to after a hard days work. This is the kind of jazz I want to listen to while sipping an old fashioned with some of my best friends.
This is not experimental, this is not avant-garde, this is straight up no frills jazz played by some of the most talented musicians of the time. Every artist on Very Tall is in perfect harmony and they never conflict with each other.
Wither its Oscar dueling Milt in various solos or the rhythm section holding it all together, there is not a single element missing from the recording. This is just four guys playing their hearts out in a smokey bar while the patrons enjoy the atmosphere.
I don't have much else to say about Very Tall. This is prototypical modal jazz. The kind of thing that you immediately picture when someone mentions the genre. I won't need many of these albums in my collection, but I do need some... and I can't think of a better start than this one.
Written July 2nd 2024
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