The sticks are flying on these two sessions…
Geni Barry brings vibes and marimba to a variety of concert settings ranging form 2001 to 2009 on this swinging album including his core team of Joan Monne/p, Nono Fernaandez/b, Pau Bombardo/dr in a quartet setting, as well as a Big Band and a couple other settings. The team is upbeat and bopping for Bobby Hutcherson’s “Siam” and cheery on the samba reads of “Bluesette” and “Isn’t This My Sound Around Me””. The big band pumps on “Pretty Blue Eyes” and with baritonist Joan Chamorro, a sizzling tribute to Pepper Adams is delivered along with hip soloing by pianist Albert Bover on “Bossa Nouveau”. Jordi Gaspar’s bowed bass lilts under Guim Garcia’s alto sax pulsated along by guitarist Javier Juanco on the velvety “Corcovado” making the album a Brazilian bathing beauty. Check this one out.
The ricochet’s are bouncing off the walls on these two exciting sessions from the early 1960s from leader and drummer Terry Snyder. The two albums are called Mister Percussion and Footlight Percussion, and include SEVEN guests on various things that go bump in the night including Don Lamond, Eddie Costa and Willie Rodriguez, surrounded by horns and brass featuring Doc Severinson/tp, and Urbie Green/tb. All of the tunes are concise, ranging from a 1:55 exotic “Puttin’ On The Ritz” to a chiming an dlush “Bali Hai” complete with swaying flutes. Some Afro Cuban moments get torrid on “Anything Goes” and “Oye Negra” while songs vying to be the theme of a TV show are produced on “Binga, Banga Bongo” and the snappy “Colonel Bogey”. The sound quality is amazingly bright, and it is bold and beautiful for “I Could Have Danced All Night” and the brassy “Ev’rything I’ve Got”. Earth shaking!
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