Sam Taylor Quartet – Along The Way (2017) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Sam Taylor Quartet – Along The Way (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:37 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Cellar Live

One of the finer young tenor players on the New York scene in the last decade, Sam Taylor squares off against Philadelphia’s acclaimed tenor man, Larry McKenna on “Along The Way”. Taylor and the elder McKenna don’t musically spar so much as put their equally rich saxophone sounds to good use in a spirited, cooperative effort in a warm program of standards that suits their unfettered bebop style.

Firstly, just in case it is not patently obvious, this Sam Taylor is not The Sam “The Man” Taylor, the American jazz and blues tenor saxophonist who famously used “honking” in his solos during his heyday in the 1950s and 60s. This Sam Taylor is a young Philadelphia native who is looking to find his niche in today’s tenor saxophone world. Perhaps that is the reason he hooked up with Larry McKenna ,the eighty year old tenor sax legend from the same city to record Along The Way for the Canadian label CellarLive.

This album is really two sessions. There are the five tracks with Larry McKenna and the four without his participation, and the contrast is significant. Taylor is just beginning his career, putting in the hours and developing his tone and ideas. At eighty, McKenna has done all that and although he may not have achieved the recognition he deserved, he is no less the player because of it. “Make Someone Happy” was written by Jule Stein with lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green for the 1960 Broadway musical Do Re Mi. This version is a straight-ahead swinger with McKenna’s deeper tone tenor leading the way. Taylor comes is with a run through of the melody before each one takes a brief solo turn. This is not complicated stuff.

Tracklist:
1-1. Sam Taylor Quartet – Make Someone Happy (04:30)
1-2. Sam Taylor Quartet – Fats Flats (05:08)
1-3. Sam Taylor Quartet – On The Trail (06:27)
1-4. Sam Taylor Quartet – Where Are You (09:23)
1-5. Sam Taylor Quartet – People Will Say We’re In Love (06:37)
1-6. Sam Taylor Quartet – The Close Things (05:07)
1-7. Sam Taylor Quartet – There’s No You (06:24)
1-8. Sam Taylor Quartet – Wild Is Love (06:14)
1-9. Sam Taylor Quartet – I Want More (05:42)

Personnel:
Sam Taylor – tenor saxophone
Larry McKenna – tenor saxophone on “1,2,6,7,9”
Jeb Patton – piano
Neal Miner – acoustic bass
Pete Van Nostrand – drums

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