Play That Song: Live at the 1994 Floating Festival (1994)

About this title: The most unusual aspect to this Terry Gibbs quartet date (which was recorded live at the 1994 Floating Jazz Festival on board the S.S. Norway) is that seven of the nine selections are originals by the vibraphonist-leader. Of these, the most memorable are "Play That Song" (which has a catchy rhythm enthusiastically played by Terry's son Gerry on drums), "Penthouse Groove" (a hard-swinger that lets pianist Uri Caine show off his Oscar Peterson influence), the strong melody of "Sweet Young Song Of Love" and the medium-tempo blues "The Fat Man" which inspires Terry Gibbs' most exciting playing. ... read more

Tracks:

1. Limehouse Blues [Furber/Braham]
2. Play That Song [Gibbs]
3. Penthouse Groove [Gibbs]
4. My Friend Buddy [Gibbs]
5. Give It All You Got [Gibbs]
6. Moonray [Quenzer/Madison/Sha]
7. Fat Man [Gibbs]
8. The Beautiful People [Gibbs]
9. Sweet Young Song of Love [Gibbs]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.