往年のライトウェイトコンテンダー、ハワード・デイビスJrが亡くなった。
59歳。
モントリオールオリンピックのゴールドメダリストだがプロではメジャータイトルの獲得はない。
同期のシュガー・レイ・レナードとは対照的なキャリアだった。
アリの影響を受けたボクサータイプの典型で、意地悪な見方をすれば、模造品から抜け出せなかったとも。
一皮剥けなかった原因はその辺りだと思います。
まあ故人の駄目出ししてもなんなので、このくらいにしておきましょう。
パワーはないけど綺麗なフォームのワンツーを打っていたのが印象に残っています。
クリンチしないしスタイリッシュではあったかな。
クロスレンジで多少なりとも芸があれば大分違ったように思いますね。
メジャータイトルには3度チャレンジしています。
vs. Jim Watt : L UD (144-145 142-149 144-147)
vs. Edwin Rosario : L SD (114-115 113-117 114-113 )
vs. James McGirt : L KO ( 1/15 )
本日の獲物。
Mark Turner : Ballad Session
Tracklist
1. I Loves You Porgy
Written-By – DuBose Heyward, George & Ira Gershwin 5:41
2. Some Other Time
Written-By – Betty Comden And Adolph Green, Leonard Bernstein 5:27
3. Nefertiti
Written-By – Wayne Shorter 5:43
4. Skylark
Written-By – Hoagy Carmichael 5:55
5. No More
Written-By – Sidney Keith Russell, Salvador Camarata* 2:53
6. All Or Nothing At All
Written-By – Arthur Altman, Jack Lawrence 5:18
7. Visions
Written-By – Bobby Hutcherson 5:08
8. Alone And I
Written-By – Herbie Hancock 8:03
9. Late Lament
Written-By – Paul Desmond 6:08
10. Jesus Maria
Written-By – Carla Bley 4:35
Credits
Art Direction – Mark Larson
Bass – Larry Grenadier
Drums – Brian Blade
Engineer – James Farber
Engineer [Assistant] – Tom Schick
Guitar – Kurt Rosenwinkel (tracks: 2, 3, 5 to 9)
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Photography – Richard Lee
Photography [Inside] – Jimmy Katz
Piano – Kevin Hays (tracks: 1, 2, 7, 8, 10)
Producer – Matt Pierson
Production Manager – Dana Watson
Recorded By – James Farber
Tenor Saxophone – Mark Turner
Notes
Recorded direct to 2-track at Sear Sound, NYC on Oct. 4-5, 1999
Mastered at Sterling Sound, NYC
Eeperanza Spalding : Esperanza
Tracklist
1. Ponta De Areia 5:40
2. I Know You Know 3:46
3. Fall In 3:57
4. I Adore You 7:27
5. Cuerpo Y Alma (Body & Soul) 8:02
6. She Got To You 4:28
7. Precious 4:24
8. Mela 6:56
9. Love In Time 5:46
10. Espera 4:39
11. If That's True 7:32
12. Samba Em Preludio 5:12
Companies, etc.
Pressed By – Sony DADC – A0100939558-0101
Credits
Acoustic Bass [Doolin Bass] – Esperanza Spalding (tracks: 2, 12)
Alto Saxophone – Donald Harrison (tracks: 6, 11)
Angklung, Djembe, Ganzá [Ganzas], Percussion [Brooms], Percussion [Ribinique], Surdo – Jamey Haddad (tracks: 4)
Arranged By – Esperanza Spalding
Arranged By [Co-arranged] – Victor Gould (tracks: 5)
Art Direction, Design – Robert Hoffman
Backing Vocals – Gretchen Parlato (tracks: 1, 4), Otis Brown* (tracks: 4, 7), Theresa Perez (tracks: 4)
Bongos [Bongo] – Jamey Haddad (tracks: 1, 2)
Caxixi [Caxix], Crotales, Cymbal [Cymbals], Percussion [Drum], Percussion [Hadgini], Shaker – Jamey Haddad (tracks: 1)
Caxixi, Cymbal [China Cymbal], Reco-reco, Triangle – Jamey Haddad (tracks: 2)
Co-producer, Mixed By, Recorded By – Martin Walters
Double Bass [Acoustic Bass] – Esperanza Spalding (tracks: 1, 4 to 11)
Drums – Horacio Hernández "El Negro"* (tracks: 4, 6, 8), Otis Brown* (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 7, 9 to 11)
Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Leo Genovese (tracks: 10)
Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Leo Genovese (tracks: 6)
Engineer [Assistant] – Eric Kilburn
Executive Producer – Dave Love
Ganzá – Jamey Haddad (tracks: 2, 6)
Guitar – Niño Josele (tracks: 12)
Mastered By – Robert Friedrich
Other [Local Production], Typography [Cover Type] – Theresa Perez
Other [Stylist] – Raquel Gonzalez
Other [Wardrobe Provided By] – Carmen Romero, Megan McGeorge
Percussion – Jamey Haddad (tracks: 10)
Percussion [Hadjira] – Jamey Haddad (tracks: 6)
Photography – Johann Sauty
Piano – Leo Genovese (tracks: 1 to 11)
Producer – Esperanza Spalding, Niño Josele (tracks: 12)
Producer [Associate Producer] – Daniel Florestano
Recorded By [Guitar] – Pablo Martin* (tracks: 12)
Supervised By [Production Supervision] – Arantza Benito, Natalie Singer
Trumpet – Ambrose Akinmusire (tracks: 8, 11)
Vocals – Esperanza Spalding (tracks: 1 to 10, 12)
Written-By – Baden Powell (tracks: 12), Edward Heyman (tracks: 5), Esperanza Spalding (tracks: 2 to 4, 6 to 11), Brant Fernando Rocha* (tracks: 1), Johnny Green (tracks: 5), Milton Nascimento (tracks: 1), Robert Sour (tracks: 5), Vinicius De Moraes (tracks: 12)
Notes
Recorded at Wellspring Sound (Acton, Massachusetts) & Big Time Audio (Jonesborough, Tennessee). Guitar on "Samba Em Preludio" recorded at Bost Espacio Creativo (Madrid, Spain). Mixed at Big Time Audio (Jonesborough, Tennessee).
Mastered at Heads Up International / Telarc International Corp. (Cleveland, Ohio).