NOW ON SALE It's about time - for straight-ahead jazz! It's Prime Time / Joe Farnsworth VRCL 18813 (CD & SACD / Hybrid) \2,835 (tax in) VRJL 7013 (LP) \ 3,360 (tax in) Jacket [LP] 01. Sweet Poppa (H. Mabern) 02. Old Folks (D.L. Hill, W. Robinson) 03. Prime Time (J. Farnswroth) 04. Stable Mates (B. Golson) 05. Five Spot After Dark (B. Golson) 06. And So, I Love Again (B. Golson) 07. The Third Plane (R. Carter) 08. Hello, Young Lovers (R. Rodgers, O. Hammerstein II) 09. Jose's Lament (D. Hazeltine) Recorded at Avatar Studios, NY on January 30, 2003 Released as a CD/SACD hybrid. Super Audio CD layer carries Stereo and Multi-ch (5ch) information. click for vinyl (analog) LP song sequence Personnel: Joe Farnsworth (drums) Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone) on 1, 2, 3, 7 and 9 Ron Carter (bass) John Farnsworth (tenor saxophone) on 8 Curtis Fuller (trombone) on 2, 5 and 8 Benny Golson (tenor saxophone) on 4, 5 and 6 David Hazeltine (piano) on 2, 3, 7, 8 and 9 Harold Mabern (piano) on 1, 4, 5 and 6 Jim Rotondi (trumpet and flugelhorn) on 3, 7 and 8 When you talk about drummers, TIME is of essence. Listen to the chemistry between mainstream jazz pursuers of wide generations! One of today's finest young jazz drummers, Joe Farnsworth has been supporting venerable leaders, creating tight and steady rhythm for the group. Now it is time for him to forge the groove for himself. Many of his long recording / performing colleagues has joined the studio to share the very moment. Repertoire is various, but is entailed in design and calculation as the Farnsworth's drumming itself. Both pianists, Harold Mabern and David Hazeltine, has composed brand new original tunes for this session. It would be interesting to examine how Farnsworth would correspond to each pianists/composers' character. Also one of the great melody makers in the world, Benny Golson has brought his composition "And So, I Love Again" which was composed in 1985 but was previously unrecorded. Golson - Fuller teams up again on "Five Spot After Dark," Fuller, Rotondi and Joe's brother John Farnsworth gets together on "Hello, Young Lovers," Alexander and Fuller's "Old Folks," "The Third Plane" featuring Ron Carter, and Joe Farnsworth's original composition "It's Prime Time" --- the album can be said as an epitome of mainstream jazz today. The art of Farnsworth's drumming is another strong point of this album. He is not inclined to showing off his techniques, and finds the beauty of art in being the part of rhythmic section. Strong backing, tight and steady beats, incorporating various kinds of sticking and subtle changes in dynamics. Style is traditional, yet his idea travels. If you have a taste for straight-ahead jazz, this is the album you should never miss. Joe Farnsworth Born February 21, 1968 in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Son of a music teacher and having four older brothers who all play jazz, it was natural to get interested in music from childhood. Began taking drum lessons in 4th grade, and ended up taking lessons from Alan Dawson. At William Paterson College he also became a student of Art Taylor. He has worked with Cecil Payne, George Coleman, Cedar Walton, Benny Golson, Harold Mabern, Pharoah Sanders, just to name a few. He is also a member of "One For All" which is a New York-based band comprised of six talented and successful musicians; Jim Rotondi (tp), Eric Alexander (ts), Steve Davis (tb), David Hazeltine (p), Peter Washington (b) and himself.