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 | Oliver JonesThe Many Moods Of ...Label: Justin Time | Jazz | June 15, 1984Format UPC Order # Unit Price |
TracksNo Title Duration Excerpts 04 Straight No Chaser 00:02:00 05 I've Got It Bad And That Ain't Good 00:04:04 06 Summer Me, Winter Me 00:02:10 07 Caravan 00:04:24 08 Emily 00:04:24 09 Alone Together 00:04:13 10 Lovely Lauren 00:05:10 11 It's Only A Paper Moon 00:03:00 12 It Never Entered My Mind 00:05:16 13 Sweet Lorraine 00:02:51 14 If I Should Lose You 00:02:48 Liner NotesI have seldom ventured into the world of liner notes, for obvious reasons. Being a performer myself, I have preferred to remain as such, rather than becoming a commentator on someone else's work. I defer in this case to the talent of Oliver Jones, because I believe him to be of very unusual scope and depth.I believe it takes an awful lot of confidence for anyone to attempt making a serious album on any instrument. I also believe it takes even more confidence, and perhaps a special type of talent, to pull off a solo album and make it work. I feel that Oliver Jones has accomplished all of this. His tender melodic approach and his investigatory harmonic approach to Johnny Mandel's Emily tells me that he has great feeling for this selection, and he projects this to his listeners. On the other hand, his rendition of Solar, with its crisp and deliberate notes coupled with unfaltering times, make us believers once again. I had my curiosity tweaked by his original composition called Lovely Lauren. His great tonal response, along with his pensive and introspective playing of his own composition gave me varied mental pictures of this lady. He soars off once again on Paper Moon with a very controlled swing, and articulate lines from both hands. It really takes confidence and honesty to play the blues on his original titled, Something For Chuck (written for my brother, I presume). He does what many pianists must dream of doing, that is playing the blues without any hesitation and without any clichéd forms mis-stating the true value of his blues tune. I think Oliver Jones is a talent to be reckoned with. The strides that he has made creatively since I first went to hear him play (at the insistence of his teacher, my sister Daisy), to my thinking, are merely steps in what I sincerely hope is a long journey on the road to eventual music genius. Oscar E. Peterson June 11, 1984. |
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