London, Barbara
Wild Aster, 2004, CD
Instrument: Flute
Issue: 10.4
Jazz Ruler Type: Ballads, Blues
Performance: 4
Sound: 4
Score: 
O’s Notes: Barbara composed these compositions in a variety of styles over several years. The band is a quartet with Larry Baione (g), bassist John Lockwood and Rick Kress (d). The session starts out with a soft ballad “For Joe” but they quickly get into more of a bop groove on “Friday at Four” then begin combining the two with mid-tempo swingers like “Fever Springs the Blues” with Barbara singing and playing the flute. Her voice is a soft as the notes from her flute. It’s a pleasant session originally released in 1996.
