ジェイ･トーマス

trumpet, flugelhorn, soprano saxophone

浜崎 航 - tenor saxophone

ジェフリー･キーザー - piano

マット･クローシー - bass

ジョン･ウィカン - drums

ベッカ･デュラン - vocal

曲目

1.FOR A CHANGE / Wataru Hamasaki

2 A WHOLE NEW YOU / Joel Frahm

3.TONY'S TOWN / Jon Wikan

4.NO FUN INTENDED / Matt Clohesy

5.TIME OUT OF TIME / Wataru Hamasaki

6.ACCIDENTALLY YOURS / Geoffrey Keezer

7.KINNICKINICK / Jay Thomas

8.FREE VERSE / Geoffrey Keezer

9.MALIBU PARTY / Lennie Niehaus

10.CROSSROADS / Tim Collins

11.JOY / Jessica Williams

12.PLEASE DON'T TALK ABOUT ME WHEN I'M GONE / Stept and Clare

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REVIEWS Brass Tracks
By Doug Ramsey
JAZZTIMES October 2005
JAY THOMAS
WATARU HAMASAKI
Accidentally Yours (McVouty)

Jay Thomas plays trumpet, flugelhorn and a small arsenal of reed instruments. He is so good on tenor sax that a few years ago when the late Bill Perkins had to bow out of a Bud Shank record date, Thomas got the call. I once wrote that his artistry on trumpet exceeded that of many better-known players. Nothing on this CD changes my mind. Accidentally Yours features two other extraordinary musicians, the former Ray Brown pianist, Geoffrey Keezer and Wataru Hamasaki, a newly minted Japanese medical doctor who operates a tenor saxophone. In his photographs, Hamasaki looks like a freshly scrubbed teenager. With the support of Keezer, bassist Matt Clohesy and drummer Jon Wikan, Hamasaki’ expressiveness and tonal dynamics on his ballad “Time Out Of Time” exemplify the qualities that make him a young tenor to keep yours ears on. Thomas’ “Kinnickinick” is one of the few jazz tunes reflecting the influence of American Indian music. The date has undertones, and in the case of Keezer’s “Accidentally Yours,” overtones of the Jazz Messengers. Keezer’s playing is superb throughout. Thomas is one of the finest improvising musicians alive, as he demonstrates here on trumpet, flugelhorn and soprano saxophone.

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seattletimes.com

Music & nightlife
CD Reviews
Jay Thomas and friends
By Paul de Barros
Seattle Times jazz critic

"Accidentally Yours," Jay Thomas and Wataru Hamasaki with the Geoffrey Keezer Trio, McVouty Records, $15 A few years ago, Seattle jazz ace Jay Thomas, who often plays in Japan, discovered a talented teenage tenor player named Wataru Hamasaki. A few years later, Hamasaki came over to Seattle and recorded "Accidentally Yours" with Thomas and pianist Geoffrey Keezer's trio. If solid-grooving, hard bop played at the highest level is your thing, make this one yours, not accidentally, but on purpose. Thomas plays trumpet, flugelhorn and soprano sax with cool authority, negotiating the harmonies with relaxed abandon on a nice variety of tunes by Hamasaki, Keezer, Jessica Williams and others. A stone bopper who plays with momentum and drive, lately, Thomas is sounding a bit like Miles - with a warm sound, kissing or falling off the ends of his phrases. Keezer's ferocious, percussive clarity is infectious on the title tune and the shuffling opener. "No Fun Intended" stretches into nicely noisy, conversational improv and Thomas' wife, vocalist Becca Duran, adds texture with a wordless vocal on Jay's "Kinnickinick." Drummer Jon Wikan contributes the flowing "Tony's Tune" and kicks the band throughout.

ACCIDENTALY YOURS

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