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Title: painful
Review: This cd has two part: the first one (tunes 1-5) is mediocre at best. It has one of my favorite piano players, hank jones, and what was he thinking? The first tune sounds like a hawaiian dance and I felt is was prisoner of the elevator from hell. All the songs with the strings (1-5) are a waste of energy. The strings don't swing, don't mesh with the rest of the band, and the vibrato really is painful.The 2nd part (6-11) redeems the cd. It is a competent quartet with Sonny and Hampton Hawes leading the rythm section. But by the time I got there, I was ready to toss the cd out the window anyway.
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