As regular visitors to this site will know I'm an out and out dedicated follower of the music put out by Blue Note Records in the 1950s and '60s. If their albums hadn't been so expensive when they were first released in the UK I'd probably have the whole, pre-Liberty catalogue on my shelves. Nevertheless, I've got a fair number so that when anything comes along paying tribute to the artists who recorded for that iconic label I tend to regard it with a degree of suspicion.
I'm pleased to say that Gould's JazzMain come through with flying colours. His sound, somewhere between that of Mobley and Dexter, finds just the right balance between that of those two giants.
I've no need to further extol the tenorist's virtues, his occasional jam session drop ins have long since made him as big a favourite in Newcastle as he is in Edinburgh and indeed wherever he plays.
My apologies to the other three members of JazzMain for not mentioning them earlier but, let's face it, without them he'd be like a sax player without a reed! All have shown their worth on gigs in Newcastle and they'll be doing it again on Saturday at the Tyne Bank Brewery. If the Blue Note founders, Lyon and Wolfe, were still alive they'd be jetting over to catch Saturday's set.
A minor quibble, it would have been good to mention the original source of the material in the album notes. Lance
Liberated Brother; My Groove, Your Move; Marnacita; Full House; You Stepped Out of a Dream; This I Dig of You; Short Story; CTA; Soy Califa
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