Label:
Strata-East – SES-7416
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album / Country: US / Released: 1974
Style:
Contemporary Jazz, Modal, Hard Bop
Recorded, mixed
and edited at Minot Studios, White Plains, N.Y.
Graphics
– Theodore Plair
Painting
[Cover] – Roland Bloch
Photography
By – Manos Angelakis
Engineer
– Ron Carran
Produced
by Ja Co Productions
Matrix
/ Runout (Side A Etched): SES-7416-A
Matrix
/ Runout (Side B Etched): SES-7416-B
A1
- Sense Of Values ...................................................................................
4:48
A2
- Mirage ...................................................................................................
9:25
A3
- Tibiron ...................................................................................................
5:50
B1
- Too Late, Fall Back Baby
...................................................................... 7:00
B2
- D.R.T.
...................................................................................................
8:16
B3
- Bajan-Bajan
..........................................................................................
6:12
Keno
Duke – drums, percussion
George
Coleman – tenor saxophone
Harold
Mabern – piano
Lisle
Atkinson – bass
Frank
Strozier – flute, alto saxophone
KENO
DUKE – Sense of Values (1974) Strata-East-7416.
An amazing modal / spiritual session the great drummer Keno Duke joined
by Harold Mabern on piano, George Coleman on tenor sax, Lisle Atkinson on bass
and Frank Strozier on alto sax and flute. This is a rare and sought-after
release on the great Strata-East Records label.
Sustained
rhythmic momentum was never a problem for Keno Duke's jazz quintet,
Contemporaries, on this album you will enjoy in selections that were brimming
with imagination, color and solo excitement.
Man
for man, the group is exceptionally strong. It has two outstanding and
contrasting saxophonists—George Coleman, a tenor saxophonist who is a solid,
consistent follower of the John Coltrane style, and Frank Strozier, an altoist
whose clean, precisely shaped notes and flowing phrases sound like a nineteen‐seventies
Jimmy Dorsey. Harold Mabern has long been a pianist with a startling manner of
overwhelming the piano in his solos and providing unusually strong background
for other soloists, here surely complemented by Lisle Atkinson on bass and Mr.
Duke on drums.
When
their talents were applied to the fresh, provocative lines and harmonies of
such pieces as “Mirage”, “Too Late, Fall Back Baby”, "D.R.T." or
"Bajan-Bajan", they produced jazz that sparkled with vitality and
gave Mr. Mabern and Mr. Strozier stimulating showcases for their solo talents.
These performances maintained so high and distinctive a level. This is a
beautiful spiritual jazz.
Review
By John S. Wilsonfeb
If
you find it, buy this album!
