The album features Byars playing the music he played at Smalls Jazz Club in the 90s, taking great inspiration from the bebop era, and specifically the composer-saxophonists Gigi Gryce and Lucky Thompson.[1] On most tracks, the quartet plays the head, then a saxophone solo, piano solo, bowed bass solo, drum solo, and repition of the head, in that order.[2]
In a review for AllMusic, Ken Dryden wrote that "Byars displays a mature sound on alto, tenor, and soprano saxes in eight catchy original compositions."[3]Tom Hull wrote that "Byars sounds fresh even working in such a well-worn form."[4] A PopMatters reviewer criticized the "numbing predictability" of the album's soloing pattern, but praised the "bright, easy tone" of Byars' alto saxophone playing.[2] Similarly, a reviewer for Coda magazine stated that Byars alto playing had a "bebop-derived fluidity shot through with melodic loopholes and a rhythmic sensibility that works in short, irregular bursts", and that the album was "an excellent addition to Byars' small but impressive body of recordings".[1]
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photos, black, white, gray, album, american, jazz, saxophonist, chris, byars, studio, album, chris, byarsreleasedmarch, 2007recordednovember, 2007studioleon, dorsey, studiogenrejazzlabelsmalls, recordsproducerluke, kavenchris, byars, chronologynight, owls, 200. Photos in Black White and Gray is an album by American jazz saxophonist Chris Byars Photos in Black White and GrayStudio album by Chris ByarsReleasedMarch 13 2007RecordedNovember 2 3 2007StudioLeon Lee Dorsey StudioGenreJazzLabelSmalls RecordsProducerLuke KavenChris Byars chronologyNight Owls 2006 Photos in Black White and Gray 2007 Jazz Pictures At An Exhibition Of Himalayan Art 2008 Contents 1 Content 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Personnel 5 ReferencesContent editThe album features Byars playing the music he played at Smalls Jazz Club in the 90s taking great inspiration from the bebop era and specifically the composer saxophonists Gigi Gryce and Lucky Thompson 1 On most tracks the quartet plays the head then a saxophone solo piano solo bowed bass solo drum solo and repition of the head in that order 2 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 3 Tom HullA 4 In a review for AllMusic Ken Dryden wrote that Byars displays a mature sound on alto tenor and soprano saxes in eight catchy original compositions 3 Tom Hull wrote that Byars sounds fresh even working in such a well worn form 4 A PopMatters reviewer criticized the numbing predictability of the album s soloing pattern but praised the bright easy tone of Byars alto saxophone playing 2 Similarly a reviewer for Coda magazine stated that Byars alto playing had a bebop derived fluidity shot through with melodic loopholes and a rhythmic sensibility that works in short irregular bursts and that the album was an excellent addition to Byars small but impressive body of recordings 1 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Chris ByarsPhotos In Black White And Gray track listingNo TitleLength1 Aquarian Epoch 8 032 Milton 7 253 Safe at Home 7 124 Acoustic Phenomenon 9 285 Manhattan Valley 7 496 Cliff Diving 6 467 Riddle of the Sphinx 6 388 A T 6 35Personnel editChris Byars Alto tenor and soprano saxophone Sacha Perry piano Ari Roland bass Andy Watson drumsReferences edit a b Dorward Nate July 2007 Chris Byars Photos in Black White and Gray Coda Archived from the original on January 5 2009 via smallsrecords com a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link a b Ross Jon 2007 08 22 Chris Byars Photos in Black White and Gray PopMatters PopMatters Retrieved 2024 01 14 a b Dryden Ken Chris Byars Photos in Black White and Gray Album Reviews Songs amp More AllMusic AllMusic Retrieved 2024 01 13 a b Hull Tom September 14 2009 Smalls Consumer Guide Retrieved 2024 01 13 This article needs additional or more specific categories Please help out by adding categories to it so that it can be listed with similar articles January 2024 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Photos in Black White and Gray amp oldid 1204270561, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
