Reunion With Vincee Maggio

1. You And The Night And THe Music

2. Windows

3. I'm Gonna Laugh You Right Out Of My Life

4. O Grand Amor

5. Lester Left Town

6. Soul Eyes

7. Up Jumped Spring

8. Airegin

9. Miyako

10. Felicidade

11. Once In A Garden

Editorial Reviews

All About Jazz, September 1999
"His skills are so abundant that such overworked staples of jazz as "Up Jumped Spring" or "Airegin" sound fresh."

Product Description
Reunion is an excellent musical offering by two superb musicians whohave been friends and musical associates for more than 30 years. Once living in the same city (Miami), they were separated for many years by Mark Colby's move to Chicago, hence this album bears an appropriate title. When musicians of their caliber and shared musical experiences reunite, the interim years quickly melt away, evidenced here in the obvious unity between Vince and Mark, they are able to feel, phrase, and execute rubatos, introductions, endings, and collective rhythms in perfect togetherness throughout the album.

But there is another dimension to this that goes beyond a more "reunion". Many live performances and recordings have re-united musicians who were once close colleagues and subsequently led separate professional careers for a considerable time. But their reunions are most often a nostalgic trip back to the time of their earlier association, playing the same tunes in the same way, resulting in a touching but musically insignificant product. This is especially true in cases where the players haven't continued to develop their personal craft. Jazz improvisation is, for all of us, supposed to entail a perpetual effort to improve, explore, develop, assimilate, experience, etc, Having knownboth Mark and Vince for those thirty years, I can attest to the fact that they have followed the model of continuous personal development, yet their reunion reflects the ability to combinethe resurrection of their prior association with the more current aspects each has acquired (separately) over the years.

Reunion With Vincee Maggio

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