Terence Blanchard & Donald Harrison - Discernment (1986)

Artist: Terence Blanchard & Donald Harrison
Title Of Album: Discernment
Year Of Release: 1986
Label (Catalog#): Concord Jazz [CCD 43008]
Country: USA
Genre: Post-Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,.log, scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Time: 45:40
Full Size: 311 MB


Review by Scott Yanow:
The second recording co-led by trumpeter Terence Blanchard and altoist Donald Harrison (both of whom had become stars with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers) mixes together the influences of New Orleans (they even perform a somber version of "When The Saints Go Marching In"), hard bop and the avant-garde. With pianist Mulgrew Miller, bassist Phil Bowler and the colorful drummer Ralph Peterson, Jr. making strong contributions, the quintet performs spirited renditions of four Blanchard originals, two Harrison songs, "The Saints" and the ballad "When I Fall In Love."

Tracklist:

01. Worth the Pain (Blanchard) - 6:46
02. When the Saints Go Marching In (Trad.) - 4:01
03. When I Fall in Love (Heyman-Young) - 5:38
04. Directions (Harrison) - 6:03
05. Discernment (Blanchard) - 1:39
06. Are You Sleeping? (Harrison) - 6:11
07. Akira (Blanchard) - 6:02
08. Dorchester House (Blanchard) - 9:20

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Terence Blanchard - trumpet
Donald Harrison - alto saxophone
Mulgrew Miller - piano
Phil Bowler - bass
Ralph Peterson, Jr. - drums

Recorded at RCA Recording Studios, New York in December 1984.

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