KIND OF BROWN (LMTD ED.)

Two LP set, 33 1/3 rpm, 210 gram vinyl for the boomingest bass with gatefold packaging. Featuring liner notes by famed producer Orrin Keepnews. Each LP set comes with free digital download of full album and cover art. Kind Of Brown is the Mack Avenue debut for dynamic composer, bandleader and musician Christian McBride, who feeling the urge to return to his jazz roots, assembled Inside Straight - an acoustic quintet featuring: Warren Wolf (vibes), Carl Allen (drums), Eric Reed (piano) and Steve Wilson (sax). Recorded in the famed Fantasy Studios. ? ?One might assume that bassist Christian McBride's KIND OF BROWN would be a tribute to Ray Brown. In fact, this music bears a strong resemblance to the late-'60s to mid-'70s Blue Note recordings of the legendary Bobby Hutcherson-Harold Land quintet. A new discovery in vibraphonist Warren Wolf, Jr., teamed with veteran saxophonist Steve Wilson, the wonderful pianist Eric Reed, and drummer Carl Allen makes McBride's quintet Inside Straight one of the more melodically tuneful and harmonically focused contemporary ensembles now playing. McBride is almost an equal in this company, putting aside his furious note playing for a more democratic role in an extraordinarily balanced small combo. The similarities to the Hutcherson-Land group are unmistakable, from the tick-tock rhythm and melodic line similar to Hutch and Herbie Hancock's classic composition Blow Up on Brother Mister to the steady swinger Rainbow Wheel and Pursuit of Peace, with its probing basslines. The athletic and quirky Stick and Move is hard-charging bop at its best with Reed leading. McBride's role as a leader is more pronounced on Theme for Kareem, an ultra-tight, very hip tune that has potential standard written all over it. ?TRACKLISTING:?Side 1:?1. Brother Mister 4:54?2. Theme For Kareem 7:52?Side 2:?1. Rainbow Wheel 6:31?2. Starbeam 6:38?3. Used 'ta Could 6:35?Side 3:?1. The Shade Of The Cedar Tree 7:50?2. Pursuit Of Peace 6:07?Side 4:?1. Uncle James 5:27?2. Stick & Move 8:07?3. Where Are You' 4:19