Artist: Pete Yellin
Title: Mellow Soul
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DESCRIPTION:
Yellin's sound is rooted in bop, less pronounced or animated than Art Pepper or Phil Woods, with a bit of a salty flavor and in full control. As a writer, his neo-bop tendencies show him no less creative, and inspired by the Blue Note-Riverside stable of hard-boppers. A "Footprints"-type bassline supports lots of interplay as the full band is in on the title track, with Yellin's warm, effusive style coming to the surface. Simple melodic moves with rhythm section and Leitch on "Dr. J" (for Joe Henderson) swing heartily, with unison alto and guitar in tandem making for a mellifluous tune. Yellin changes up on an angular staccato intro leading to hard bop pace for "L.I.U. House Blues," as the other horns and Yellin call and respond in a Jazz Messengers cum Afro-Cuban mode for the best cut, "Song for Lynn." On soprano, he then goes into darker modal labyrinth shades due to Corea and Swartz's musings on "Shaw Thing" (for Woody Shaw). Both the leader and Herring on altos team for the happy bopper penned by Herring, "Folklore." Leitch steps to the head on the easy swinging "The Touch of Your Lips," proving his world-class chops and innate abilities to uniquely shade and phrase. What initially seems like a passé version of "You're My Everything" heats up with Henderson's warm then extroverted solo and Corea's patented assertiveness, lifting this easy, bluesy swing to a higher temperature. Leitch and Swartz also get more than two cents in with Yellin and Allen for the classic Duke Ellington ballad "Warm Valley."
--Michael G. Nastos
All Music Guide
TRACKS:
1. Mellow Soul
2. Liu House Blues
3. You're My Everything
4. Shaw Thing
5. Folklore
6. Warm Valley
7. Song for Lynn
8. The Touch fo Your Lips
9. Dr. J
MUSICIANS:
Pete Yellin - alto/soprano saxophones
Eddie Henderson - trumpet
Vincent Herring - saxophones
Chick Corea - piano
Harvie S. - bass
Carl Allen - drums
Peter Leitch - guitar
Louis Bauzo - percussion
For more information and sound samples, please visit the official website: http://www.peteyellin.com
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