Ray Brown Trio: Bass Face (1993)

For this Telarc CD, bassist Ray Brown and pianist Benny Green split the solo chores almost evenly with drummer Jeff Hamilton, giving them stellar and creative support. Green has his best improvisations on "Phineas Can Be" and "Taking a Chance on Love," and the trio plays very close attention to dynamics (often swinging very quietly) and quickly reacting to each other's ideas. Rather than merely jamming the songs (the majority of which are standards), the bop-oriented group gives each melody a colorful framework filled with plenty of subtle surprises. ~ Scott Yanow

Personnel: Ray Brown (acoustic bass); Benny Green (piano); Jeff Hamilton (drums). Down Beat (1/94, p.35) - 3 Stars - Good - "...The Brown group sounds settled and sure of its material before a live club crowd...'

Tracklist
1. Milestones (M.Davis) 5:19
2. Bass Face (K.Burrell) 7:24
3. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning (Hilliard-Mann) 4:44
4. Tin Tin Deo (W.Fuller) 10:03
5. CRS-Craft (R.Brown) 7:55
6. Taking a Chance on Love (Duke-Fetter) 8:27
7. Remember (I.Berlin) 7:14
8. Makin' Whoopee (Donaldson-Kahn) 7:04
9. Phineas Can Be (R.Brown) 5:55
Bassface / Live at Kuumbawa
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