(Post-Bop | Mainstream Jazz) Jeb Patton - Tenthish, Live In New York - 2018, MP3, 320 kbps

Jeb Patton’s own compositions are limited to the title track “Tenthish” and “Third Movement”. The former is a more complex work with a brawny tempo and slashing drum work from Rodney Green. The latter swings but with a laid back groove but filled with Patton’s erudition and strong toned bass solo from David Wong.
There are three numbers from the Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn songbook including “Reflections In D”, “Sophisticated Lady” and “Johnny Come Lately”. Each number gives Patton an opportunity to demonstrate his understanding and facility of ever changing harmonic forms and structures. Bassist Wong plays a prominent role in the middle number that he fulfills wth deftness and command. In the final tune, Patton is ever mindful of playing with clean expression yet maintaining a pulsating groove.
The penultimate and longest track is a double play of “Royal Garden Blues and Kelly Blue”. The former is done in solo piano form and takes the style of the period in which it was written namely, 1919 by Clarence Williams and Spencer Williams ( no relation). As a number, it gained most of its recognition from the 1927 recording by Bix Beiderbecke. “Kelly Blue” is both the title track and name of the 1959 release by pianist Wynton Kelly.
Patton keeps the blues feel of the original number, but imbues it with his own sensibility and rolling energy.
(Pierre Giroux, audaud.com)