JIMMY ROWLES-RED MITCHELL TRIO. Contemporary C-14016. Rowles,...
JIMMY ROWLES-RED MITCHELL TRIO. Contemporary C-14016. Rowles, whose harmonic imagination is sui generis , has met his match in Mitchell, a stunningly agile bassist. The best cut is Larry Gales’ “Loco Motiv,†an ominous minor theme with the added delight of Rowles’ daughter Stacy on muted trumpet. She reappears on her father’s beguiling original, “Stagoo,†and on “The Thill Is Gone,†playing fluegelhorn. Rowles pere croaks an amusing vocal on “I’m Getting Nowhere With You.†The British drummer Colin Bailey rounds out this congenial combo. 4 1/2 stars.
