Weiskopf, Walt
Capri, 2011, CD
Instrument: Saxophone
Issue: 17.2
Jazz Ruler Type: Bebop
Performance: 4
Sound: 3
Score:
O’s Notes: This is a very special recording because it was perhaps the last for the late drummer Tony Reedus who died unexpectedly at 49 in 2008. It was a live performance at Koger Hall, University of South Carolina with Renee Rosnes (p), Paul Gill (b) and producer Walt Weiskopf (sax). Walt wrote six of the eight selections and he is the centerpiece for much of the action also shining on the covers of “Blame It on My Youth” and “Love For Sale”. However Rosnes makes a strong statement as well notably on “Scottish Folk Song”. Reedus pulls it all together keeping time and adding accents where needed throughout the set. We’ll miss him. The CD is one to plug in sit back and enjoy start to finish.
Publicist: Braithwaite & Katz