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114 | CadenCe Magazine | april May June 2013<br />
Feature Reissue on Vinyl<br />
into the mix for a rousing three-way shout out. Check<br />
out the inventive a cappella alto ending.<br />
Pressed in a light neon yellow, the final platter (3)<br />
opens with the saxophonist's most recognizable<br />
chart “Make A Wish” which takes up the entire first<br />
side at almost twenty five minutes. After a subtle start<br />
things begin to heat up with Pepper building slowly<br />
in intensity inserting searing long tones, slashing<br />
complex phrasing and altissimo squeals before<br />
bringing the level back to calm for the alto/piano<br />
unison punch that announces the piano's entrance.<br />
Over the insistent upright ostinato Cables fashions a<br />
cogent exploration of the composition's foundation.<br />
His McCoy Tyner debt is most apparent on this cut.<br />
Williams steps out front for a snapping pizzicato<br />
interlude that evolves into a drum kit workout that<br />
leads into the out chorus.<br />
The flip side opens with the only non-original present,<br />
the haunting ballad “Everything Happens To Me”<br />
coauthored by Matt Dennis, who scripted “Angel Eyes”<br />
among others. After an alto melody reading the piano<br />
takes over for a delicate and lyrical exposition nudging<br />
the sax back in on the bridge. At a little over eight and<br />
one-half minutes it is the shortest take of all the tracks<br />
but is all that seems to be required.<br />
Art and the fellows step across the tracks for the<br />
self-titled Blues that ends the trilogy. Set in a slightly<br />
syncopated 6/8 Southern Gospel feel Pepper does<br />
some serious sermonizing without a preaching cliche<br />
in sight. Ditto for George Cables who follows, testifying<br />
at length summoning up the spirits of all the great<br />
Blues school pianists of the past. Its a message as<br />
old as time. Inexperienced musicians of today (on all<br />
instruments) would do well to listen and learn from<br />
this treatise on the Art of the idiom.<br />
Another facet some may find enticing are the colorcoordinated<br />
download cards included in each volume.<br />
Jazz and vinyl lovers should search these three items<br />
out to encourage Omnivore to follow up on their first<br />
foray into the Jazz field.<br />
Larry Hollis
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