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About this product
Product Identifiers
ProducerK. Hasselpflug; Gerry Teekens
Record LabelCriss Cross
UPC8712474114221
eBay Product ID (ePID)12050198337
Product Key Features
Release Year1998
FormatCD
InstrumentPiano
GenreJazz
Run Time56 Mins 28 Seconds
ArtistJim Rotondi Quintet, Steve Wilson, David Hazeltine, Joe Farnsworth
Release TitleHow It Is
Additional Product Features
DistributionCity Hall
Country/Region of ManufactureUSA
Number of Discs1
EngineerMax Bolleman
Additional informationPersonnel: David Hazeltine (piano); Steve Wilson (alto saxophone); Jim Rotondi (trumpet, flugelhorn); Peter Washington (bass); Joe Farnsworth (drums). Recorded at RPM Studio, New York, New York on October 15, 1997. Includes liner notes by Ted Panken. Personnel: David Hazeltine (piano); Steve Wilson (alto saxophone); Jim Rotondi (trumpet, flugelhorn); Joe Farnsworth (drums). Liner Note Author: Ted Panken. Recording information: RPM Studio, New York, NY (10/15/1997). Photographer: Gildas Boclé. David Hazeltine is an example of a creative modern mainstream pianist who often gets overlooked despite being a superior musician. Hazeltine swings, has his own voice within the tradition, and is an excellent songwriter, contributing three of the seven selections to this enjoyable CD. The pianist is teamed with the hard boppish trumpeter Jim Rotondi, altoist Steve Wilson, bassist Peter Washington, and drummer Joe Farnsworth for three of his songs, a drastic rearrangement of an Earth, Wind & Fire song ("Reasons"), Thelonious Monk's "Pannonica," "Where Are You?," and a ten-minute version of "Doxy." The solos are expressive and often fiery, and the playing is at a consistently high level. Easily recommended to modern hard bop collectors. ~ Scott Yanow