Barry Levenson - Heart to Hand

Bitrate: 320K/s
Year: 1998
Time: 59:13
Size: 136,0 MB
Label: Storyville STCD 8101
Styles: Blues
Art: Full

Tracks Listing:
 1. Cobra Days/Blue Tears - 7:13
 2. Whole lotta Blues - 3:58
 3. Blue Stew - 4:57
 4. The Late Show - 5:42
 5. Royal Albert - 5:31
 6. Slippin' Down - 5:46
 7. Earl's Ride - 3:19
 8. Steel Life - 5:53
 9. Wrong Side of the Blues - 4:34
10. West Side rain - 6:07
11. Crawford's Grill - 6:08

On this wide-ranging set, guitarist  Barry  Levinson's debut, he is featured on all types of blues from lowdown to swinging. It is obvious, listening to these selections (all but three of which are instrumentals), that although  Levenson  is very much a bluesman, his roots are in jazz. He dedicates "Crawford's Grill" to guitarist Grant Green, uses the saxophonists liberally, and stretches out in his solos, sometimes hinting at Charlie Christian. The resulting music, which features  Levenson  with a strong rhythm section, should be of strong interest to collectors of both blues and blues-oriented jazz.

Heart to Hand