{"id":1469,"date":"2008-09-29T14:04:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-29T21:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/?p=1469"},"modified":"2008-09-29T14:04:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-29T21:04:00","slug":"cd_javon_jackson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2008\/09\/cd_javon_jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"CD: Javon Jackson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mt-image-right\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px 20px\" height=\"115\" alt=\"Javon Jackson.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/Javon%20Jackson.jpg\" width=\"115\" \/>Javon Jackson<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FOnce-Upon-Melody-Javon-Jackson%2Fdp%2FB001DSNFXW&amp;tag=rifftidougram-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\" target=\"_blank\">Once Upon A Melody<\/a> (Palmetto). Whether as the result of marketing gambits or of press stereotyping, Jackson&#8217;s name rarely appears without the word &#8220;funk&#8221; nearby. In truth, from the time of his early beginnings with Art Blakey, his tenor saxophone playing has had fuller stylistic and emotional range that of a funkmeister. This CD is satisfying evidence of Jackson&#8217;s breadth, from the sensitivity of his respectful treatment of the melody of &#8220;My One and Only Love&#8221; to the engaging energy and &#8211;all right&#8211; funk of his blues &#8220;Mr. Taylor.&#8221; It&#8217;s good to hear Jackson interpret&nbsp;pieces by two of his influences, Wayne Shorter&#8217;s &#8220;One By One&#8221; and Sonny Rollins&#8217;s &#8220;Paradox.&#8221; His thoughtful way with Matt Dennis&#8217;s &#8220;Will You Still Be Mine?&#8221; is another highlight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Javon Jackson, Once Upon A Melody (Palmetto). Whether as the result of marketing gambits or of press stereotyping, Jackson&#8217;s name rarely appears without the word &#8220;funk&#8221; nearby. In truth, from the time of his early beginnings with Art Blakey, his tenor saxophone playing has had fuller stylistic and emotional range that of a funkmeister. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1469","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-recommendations","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}