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| 1. Hope |
| 2. Memoir |
| 3. On The Ocean Floor |
| 4. Old Times |
| 5. Folk Song |
| 6. Emancipation Of Dissonance |
| 7. Day Dreams |
| 8. Ally |
| 9. Is Really This It |
| 10. Reminiscence |
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After more than a decade living with the mixed blessing of being hyped a s "the next big thing in jazz", the then 20-something Tommy Smith parted company with Blue Note and signed with Linn Records, which has released a boxed set of his early recordings for the label. Reminiscence reunites Smith with Forward Motion, his group from his Berklee days with bassist Terje Gewelt and drummer Ian Froman, but without pianist Laszlo Gardonyi. The omission of the piano leaves textural gaps that result in a stark, somewhat spare atmosphere in keeping with the tunes and contributing to the music's exciting, angular edge. Misty Morning and No Time couldn't be more different stylistically. Based on the poetry of Norman McCaig, the suite of 14 pieces primarily showcases Smith as a composer. Four of the tunes are wholly composed and much of the disc features intricate and sometimes dense ensemble parts, executed with aplomb by Smith, Gewelt and Froman augmented by trumpeter Guy Barker, saxophonist Julian Arguelles and pianist Steve Hamilton. On Azure, inspired by the work of Catalan artist Joan Miro--and, curiously, a rather more austere outing than the other two CDs--Smith gives guests Kenny Wheeler and Jon Christensen as much prominence as himself. The third, and most accessible, of Smith's first four Linn discs, Beasts of Scotland, is not included in this set. --Madelyn Cohen
After more than a decade living with the mixed blessing of being hyped a s "the next big thing in jazz", the then 20-something Tommy Smith parted company with Blue Note and signed with Linn Records, which has released a boxed set of his early recordings for the label. Reminiscence reunites Smith with Forward Motion, his group from his Berklee days with bassist Terje Gewelt and drummer Ian Froman, but without pianist Laszlo Gardonyi. The omission of the piano leaves textural gaps that result in a stark, somewhat spare atmosphere in keeping with the tunes and contributing to the music's exciting, angular edge. Misty Morning and No Time couldn't be more different stylistically. Based on the poetry of Norman McCaig, the suite of 14 pieces primarily showcases Smith as a composer. Four of the tunes are wholly composed and much of the disc features intricate and sometimes dense ensemble parts, executed with aplomb by Smith, Gewelt and Froman augmented by trumpeter Guy Barker, saxophonist Julian Arguelles and pianist Steve Hamilton. On Azure, inspired by the work of Catalan artist Joan Miro--and, curiously, a rather more austere outing than the other two CDs--Smith gives guests Kenny Wheeler and Jon Christensen as much prominence as himself. The third, and most accessible, of Smith's first four Linn discs, Beasts of Scotland, is not included in this set. --Madelyn Cohen
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