{"id":3351,"date":"2012-02-13T23:29:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T07:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=3351"},"modified":"2012-02-13T23:29:01","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T07:29:01","slug":"cd-jimmy-owens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2012\/02\/cd-jimmy-owens\/","title":{"rendered":"CD: Jimmy Owens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jimmy Owens<\/strong>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Monk-Project-Jimmy-Owens\/dp\/B0067YF5IK\/?_encoding=UTF8&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325\"target=\"_blank\"><em>The Monk Project<\/em><\/a> (IPO)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Owens-Monk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Owens-Monk.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Owens Monk\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Owens-Monk.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Owens-Monk-70x70.jpg 70w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Owens-Monk-110x110.jpg 110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a>In this Thelonious Monk tribute, trumpeter Owens\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 septet includes pianist Kenny Barron, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, tenor saxophonist Marcus Strickland and low-register specialist Howard Johnson on tuba and baritone sax. Kenny Davis is the bassist, Winard Harper the drummer. There are good solos throughout, but the stars of the album are Owens\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 conceptions of the tunes, and his arrangements. He brings freshness through textures and tempos. Among the surprises: a Latin approach to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Well You Needn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Cool One\u00e2\u20ac\u009d as a waltz and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Brilliant Corners\u00e2\u20ac\u009d alternating between a crawl and a blues-inflected march<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Owens, The Monk Project (IPO) In this Thelonious Monk tribute, trumpeter Owens\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 septet includes pianist Kenny Barron, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, tenor saxophonist Marcus Strickland and low-register specialist Howard Johnson on tuba and baritone sax. Kenny Davis is the bassist, Winard Harper the drummer. There are good solos throughout, but the stars of the album [&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-3351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-recommendations","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351","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=3351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}