Free At First

SSC1203 2009-02-10

Track List

Tourmalet - 5:08
How Deep is the Ocean - 5:44
On Green Dolphin Street - 5:51
The Low Six - 3:28
Mjo - 3:56
Quickly in Love - 4:27
Kort Street - 4:30
Maos de Afeto - 6:34
African Jazz and Variety - 3:50
Little Melonae - 5:28
I Mean You - 4:22
Part of a Whole - 7:08
Remembrance - 4:51

Musicians

Adam Glasser - harmonica, percussion, piano, keyboards
Robin Aspland - piano
Steve Watts - double bass
Andy Hamill - double bass
Tristan Maillliot - drums
Pinise Saul - vocals
Anita Wardell - vocals
David Serame - narrator

Alongside the legendary Toots Thielemans, the incomparable Stevie Wonder, and his contemporary Grégoire Maret, Glasser stands in a small circle of those who have discovered, in the dynamics of the chromatic harmonica, a soulful palette for jazz improvisation on chord changes in any of the twelve keys. Jazz harmonica is often overlooked because of the few practitioners that concentrate on the instrument. South African born pianist/harmonica player Adam Glasser decided to feature his chromatic harmonica playing on his new recording, “Free At First.”Glasser performs a variety of compositions that display not only his versatility on the instrument but also the multiple jazz traditions that he fondly embraces, especially the tradition of Township jazz of South Africa.