Randy Napoleon - Rust Belt Roots (2021)

Randy Napoleon
Rust Belt Roots
2021 - OriginArts / OA2 Records: OA2 22193
https://originarts.com/oa2/recordings/recording.php?TitleID=22193

* Randy Napoleon : guitar

· tracks 1, 3, 5, 11:
* Xavier Davis : piano
* Rodney Whitaker: bass
* Quincy Davis : drums

· tracks 2, 4, 6-10, 12-13:
* Rick Roe : piano
* Paul Keller : bass
* Sean Dobbins : drums

https://www.randynapoleon.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Napoleon

~ Rust Belt
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_Belt
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Reviews
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By George W. Harris
https://www.jazzweekly.com/2022/01/ringer-of-the-weekthis-is-a-jazz-guitar-101randy-napoleon-rust-belt-roots/

Randy Napoleon is best known as the guitarist for the late great Freddie
Cole. Since then, he’s embarked on a solo career that is rooted deep in the
tradition of classic sounding six stringers like Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell
and Grant Green, the three Mount Rushmore gents that are given tribute on this
sublimely swinging album.

He works with a pair of rhythm sections, dividing up the material with Xavier
Davis-Dick Roe/p, Rodney Whitaker-Paul Keller/b and Quincy Davis-Sean
Dobbins/dr. This is the kind of music that made me fall in love with jazz
guitar, as Napoleon is clean and clear on “S.O.S”, soulfully rich on “Beaux’s
Arts” and upbeat on the bopping “Jean De Fleur”. He’s late night shadowed with
Keller on “The Tender Gender”, gorgeous on the nylon strings for “Listen To The
Dawn” and gets into a gospel mood on “Sunday Mornin’”. His own material fits in
like a piece in a mosaic, giving a rich solo intro to “The Man Who Sells
Flowers” and bops with Roe on “The Presence of Fire”. He closes out on a
spacious and relaxed solo take of “The Man Who Sells Flowers” making you beg
for an album just like this.

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By Jack Bowers
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/rust-belt-roots-randy-napoleon-plays-wes-montgomery-grant-green-and-kenny-burrell-randy-napoleon-oa2-records

Por Distrito Jazz
http://www.distritojazz.com/discos-jazz/randy-napoleon-rust-belt-roots