No More No Les, by Les Arbuckle

No More No Les

by Les Arbuckle

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1.	USAKS0500745 - Prelude and Groove 1st 01:13	buy track
2.	Prelude and Groove 2nd 07:04	buy track
3.	No More No Les 04:58	buy track
4.	Black and White 07:23	buy track
5.	It's All Right With Me 07:36	buy track
6.	Emily's Hot Bath 06:58	buy track
7.	Real Surf Music 06:32	buy track
8.	Blues Ridge 05:35	buy track
9.	Soul Eyes 05:48	buy track
10.	Evie 03:25	buy track

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'It's unusual for someone to wait until he is in his forties to record his first date as a leader, but tenor saxophonist Les Arbuckle's postponed debut is worth the wait. This 1993 session finds the veteran educator accompanied by two very familiar names: pianist Kenny Barron (seemingly nearly everyone's first-call pianist during the 1990s) and bassist Cecil McBee, along with drummer John Ramsay, a friend when both were teaching at Berklee during the 1970s. While post-bop dominates the CD, there are variations. The mournful dirge-like opening duet with McBee's arco bass in "Prelude and Groove" segues into the street-parade-like funk of the main body of the piece, while the brisk treatment of Mal Waldron's great ballad "Soul Eyes" blends hard bop with a Latin-flavored rhythm. Other highlights include his hard-blowing interpretation of Cole Porter's "It's Alright With Me" and the leader's loping late-night blues "Emily's Hot Bath." '

- Ken Dryden (All Music Guide)

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released January 19, 1994

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