Make jazz of "My Favorite Things?” The Julie Andrews' song from the "Sound of Music?" On a soprano sax no less? Preposterous.
Byron Morris and his sextet Unity do for "Inch Worm" what Coltrane did for "My Favorite Things" on Unity’s CD "Y2K," complete with some joyful pseudo scat by the singer and percussionist Imani. This is fun, foot-tapping hard bop with a strong Latin groove in places, thanks in part to pianist Hilton Ruiz. "Wheel Within a Wheel" is about as good as it gets.
When I bought the disk from a Web store, Byron Morris sent me a thank-you e-mail. He’s got a fan here.
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