The talented and highly original pianist Joanne Brackeen leads an all-star quartet (with Donald Harrison, bassist Cecil McBee and drummer Marvin "Smitty" Smith) at Sweet Basil altoist for this 1992 live session. Brackeen is in top form digging into two standards, Ornette Coleman's "Turnaround" (which is taken as a conventional blues) and three of her originals including a 16-minute "Picasso." The explorative music holds one's interest throughout. - Scott Yanow
Tracks
1. There Is No Greater Love (Isham Jones/Marty Symes)
2. Rubies And Diamonds (Joanne Brackeen)
3. Picasso (Joanne Brackeen/John Klemmer)
4. Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered (Lorenz Hart/Richard Rodgers)
5. Turnaround (Ornette Coleman)
6. Tricks Of The Trade (Joanne Brackeen)
CECIL McBEE bass
DONALD HARRISON alto saxophone
MARVIN "SMITTY" SMITH drums
JOANNE BRACKEEN piano
Recorded September 5, 1995 at Sweet Basil, New York, NY
Evidence - ECD 22123-2