Release Date: 19 April 2024
Label: Red Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8054154650323
Genres: Jazz  
Release Date: 19 April 2024
Label: Red Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8054154650323
Genres: Jazz  
Description
Deluxe digipak presentation with extensive booklet. Memphis born pianist James Williams (Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers) and bassist and Dennis Irwin (John Scofield) in a duet session featuring three self-penned originals; 'Focus' by Williams, and 'Mimosa' and 'For My Nephews' by Irwin, plus two standards; Duke Ellington's 'In A Sentimental Mood', and 'Invitation' by Bronislaw Kaper, a composition famously featured in the film, A Life of Her Own (1950).
'Focus' was originally released on LP in 1978 and had a circulation limited to Italy. Technical problems that occurred at the time led to it not being transferred to compact disc, leaving the session in undeserved obscurity. Technical issues now resolved, this incredible session is finally reissued on CD.
Tracklisting
Johnny Dyani
Art Pepper
Woody Shaw Quintet
Victor Lewis Quintet
Ronnie Mathews
Fred Hersch, Steve La Spina, Jeff Hirshfield & Jerry Bergonzi
Steve Wilson - Lewis Nash Duo
Joe Henderson
Azymuth
Shelly Manne
Brother Jack McDuff
Mark Dresser
Prefuse 73
Prefuse 73
Ross McHenry
Open Thread (Peggy Lee, Julien Wilson, Theo Carbo, Dylan van der Schyff)