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Jack McVea
sports a jacket, tie, and spectacles on the cover of
McVoutie's Central Avenue Blues
, looking more like a professor than a saxophonist. While he is most certainly the latter, his debonair appearance does mirror the smooth, elegant style of his horn.
captures the tenor/alto player in 1945 in a number of settings that mostly emphasize his
R&B
work. The other central figure of this disc is drummer/vocalist
Rabon Tarrant
, who joins
McVea
on 13 of the 23 tracks.
Tarrant
's powerful vocals on pieces like
"Listen Baby Blues"
and
"Blues All Night"
provide an agreeable contrast to
's silky saxophone. There's a bouncy take on
"The 'G' Man Got the 'T' Man"
with singer
Cee Pee Johnson
and a bizarre, risque piece titled
"Wiggle Wiggle Woogie"
Duke Henderson
. Although the singers and personnel vary quite a bit, the material gels together into a pretty uniform set. There are also three instrumentals -- one kicking off the album, the other two ending it -- that allow
a little more room to strut his stuff. In another year, the saxophonist would strike gold with
"Open the Door, Richard"
and forever be associated with
as opposed to
jazz
.
offers a fine assortment of the saxophonist's early
work. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.
sports a jacket, tie, and spectacles on the cover of
McVoutie's Central Avenue Blues
, looking more like a professor than a saxophonist. While he is most certainly the latter, his debonair appearance does mirror the smooth, elegant style of his horn.
captures the tenor/alto player in 1945 in a number of settings that mostly emphasize his
R&B
work. The other central figure of this disc is drummer/vocalist
Rabon Tarrant
, who joins
McVea
on 13 of the 23 tracks.
Tarrant
's powerful vocals on pieces like
"Listen Baby Blues"
and
"Blues All Night"
provide an agreeable contrast to
's silky saxophone. There's a bouncy take on
"The 'G' Man Got the 'T' Man"
with singer
Cee Pee Johnson
and a bizarre, risque piece titled
"Wiggle Wiggle Woogie"
Duke Henderson
. Although the singers and personnel vary quite a bit, the material gels together into a pretty uniform set. There are also three instrumentals -- one kicking off the album, the other two ending it -- that allow
a little more room to strut his stuff. In another year, the saxophonist would strike gold with
"Open the Door, Richard"
and forever be associated with
as opposed to
jazz
.
offers a fine assortment of the saxophonist's early
work. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr.