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(More customer reviews)The third edition of the SF Jazz Collective plays the songs of Herbie Hancock (and one original per member) and trades Isaac Smith for Andre Hayward on trombone. If you've heard the first two SF Jazz discs, you can predict what you're getting on the third. There's the arrangements of a jazz great, and straightforwardly great jazz playing. All of the songs are tasteful, and don't ruffle too many feathers.
Disc one starts with "Parallelogram", which takes some time to build up steam, then turns into a satisfyingly slanted song. The first thing I noticed was that these CD's will play more quietly than most, you'll want to turn the volume up on your stereo. "And What If I Don't" is, like all of the Hancock songs, a very good arrangement with melody intact and very good soloing. "Sudoko" is, like the title predicts, a tricky-sounding Payton composition. "Serene Intentions", by Hayward, has a descending melody. "Actual Proof" is the sole representative of Hancock's funky side, and the Collective keeps it fun.
Disc two opens with "Collective Overture", which has "simple melody" and "complex melody" parts sandwiched around the solos. "Maiden Voyage" has a long Hutcherson feature. "Mirror Images" has an nice evocative melody. "Imminent Treasures" is a nicely evolving Hutcherson-penned song. "Triumph" sounds at first like a fanfare, but by the third note is really quite soft. It's mostly one of the quieter songs, though there's a long section towards the end where vibes and piano play a repeating figure under a thunderous drum solo.
The two disc version is very good, I'm sure the more readily available one disc version will pare off some of the weaker songs, but you can't halve the length without removing some very good songs.
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