Pisces
- 艺人
- Johnny Griffin / Thelonious Monk
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- Riverside
- 发行时间
- 2004年10月26日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by Alex Henderson
When Johnny Griffin and Eddie &Lockjaw& Davis entered a New York studio with producer Orrin Keepnews on May 3, 1962, they did some things that were unusual for the two-tenor team. They played mostly ballads, they didn't engage in any tenor battles and -- most surprising of all -- they didn't perform together on any of the tunes. Griffin was featured on four songs, Davis on another four. The same rhythm section -- Horace Parlan, bassist Buddy Catlett and drummer Art Taylor -- was always present, but Parlan played piano on the songs featuring Griffin and celeste on the songs featuring Davis. For whatever reason, the performances remained in the can for 42 years; they weren't even mastered until 1966, and they finally saw the light of day when Fantasy released Pisces in 2004. Pisces begs the following question: why, in God's name, would two saxmen who had as strong a rapport as Griffin and Davis not perform together when they were in the studio at the same time? Emphasizing ballads was an excellent idea, but wouldn't it have made more sense for them to do it as co-leaders of a quintet? According to jazz critic Larry Hollis -- who wrote Pisces' informative liner notes -- Griffin and Davis' decision to play separately had to do with the fact that they &didn't want to be stereotyped as merely a two-tenor team.& In any event, both saxmen are in good form on this CD, which is enjoyable whether the soloist is Griffin on &Willow Weep for Me& and Duke Ellington's &Sophisticated Lady& or Davis on &Midnight Sun& and &Yesterdays.& For Griffin and Davis, deciding to play separately on May 3, 1962 was probably a mistake; even so, Pisces is a noteworthy (if less than essential) album that shouldn't have gone unreleased for so long.
最新简评（共13条）
- @总在灵魂深处藏了一些喜悲(行到水穷我才开始害怕，夕...)：--
- @大喵(不要自我设限.....)：⭐️
- @:D：
- @NTKeans( 云雷， 屯 ，君子以...)：©️
- @月亮电球(真正的美无需隐藏。)："they didn't perform together on any of the tunes. Griffin was featured on four songs, Davis on another four." --> 具体怎么分工的？哪几首是谁？
- @非人類兔子(网易云：非人類兔子Agy...)：,
- @不可不戒1977(对于失去了信仰的人来说，...)：了李
- @诗人二胖子（腐烂）(不能让好的被埋没，也不能...)：嘟嘟
- @Nathan(听好歌)：sax
- @海大夫(何以解憂惟有吟嘯)：录音很好；JBL4425放出来吓了一跳：宽松，自然，就像在你面前（偏右的位置）娓娓吹来一样。。。赞。