Melody (1999)

About this title: Melody is an appropriate title for Lynne Arriale's fifth album as a leader, for the acoustic pianist has made a point of playing and composing honest to God melodies instead of simply providing lines. It's also an intriguing title coming from a post-bopper -- after all, many post-boppers and hard boppers have paid a lot more attention to complex chord changes than to melody. One of Betty Carter's albums, in fact, was titled It's Not About the Melody. So you can say that the title Melody is a statement of purpose for Arriale, who is joined by drummer Steve Davis (not to be confused with either ... read more

Tracks:

1. Turning [Arriale]
2. The Forgotten Ones [Arriale]
3. Beautiful Love [Young/Gillespie/Kin]
4. But Beautiful [Burke/VanHeusen]
5. Dance [Arrial]
6. Hush-A-Bye [Traditional]
7. It Ain't Necessarily So [Gershwin/Gershwin]
8. Touch Her Soft Lips and Part [Walton]
9. The Highlands [Arriale]

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