Audio CD review:
John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette - Time on My Hands

John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette - Time on My Hands

Band: John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette Title: Time on My Hands Rating: Release Date: 28 February, 1990 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Wabash III 2: Since You Asked 3: So Sue Me 4: Let's Say We Did 5: Flower Power 6: Stranger To The Light 7: Nocturnal Mission 8: Farmacology 9: Time And Tide 10: Be Hear Now 11: Fat Lip

Customer Reviews surprising mix, gets better with every listen I bought this album because it just. . well. . . it was in a bargain bin. There. I've said it. It just about took my head off, though. I've always loved Jack DeJohnette, and Charlie Haden just seems to magically appear on so much that interests me. Joe Lovano is marvelous. . . but this mix confused me in concept - Scofield's electric style, the nature of the tunes, and acoustic bass (the no-brainer on this stuff would have been electric bass). I've listened to it several hundred times now, and the fluidity, grit and warmth that Scofield puts behind a horn line is just amazing. Understated, but really powerful. And the DeJohnette and Haden work with it is prime. I'd say get this, because it's WONDERFUL. But also, if you want to hear something a little different that a guitar can do while backing up a tenor - and playing off a tenor - check it out. I can't imagine being let down. (Sorry about the bargain bin thing, John. I got nothing but love for you. ). Sco's Blue Note debut one of jazz's best records of the '90s Lovano's passionate solos (check out "Let's Say We Did") shows why he is quite possibly the best tenor man of the last ten years. From the opening be-bop tune "Wabash III" to the acoustic(!) fushion-ish "Fat Lip", Scofield's amazing depth in both composition and technique are all on display on this 1989 outing. DeJohnette puts in his usual excellent work on the drum kit, but it is Charlie Haden who manages to outdo himself here. His dead-on bass lines nicely fills the void left by the lack of keyboards and stretches out without going too far on "So Sue Me". Overall, a record that hits the mark in every aspect; a must purchase if you like the straight-ahead jazz side of John Scofield. Or if you like straight-ahead jazz at all, for that matter. . You can see a complete list of all John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette discography, or go back to the John Scofield, Joe Lovano, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette tabs