1. I'd Still Be There (Harvey Mason/Onaje)
2. Groovin' You (Kenny Mason/Sally Mason)
3. The Race (Harvey Mason)				play
4. We Can (Bunny Hull/Charles Veal Jr.)			play
5. Never Give You Up (Harvey Mason/Kenny Mason)
6. Say It Again (David Foster/Harvey Mason)
7. Here Today, Gone Tomorrow (Bill Meyers)
8. Wave (Antonio Carlos Jobim)
9. Kauai (Harvey Mason)

Harvey Mason – arranger, producer, drums, percussion, vocals
Mike Porcaro, David Shields, Dennis Belfield, Verdine White, Tony Dumas, Neil Jason – bass
David Foster, Richard Tee, Jerry Peters, Jai Winding, Randy Waldman, Randy Waldman - piano
Jay Graydon, Melvin "Wah Wah" Watson, Ray Parker, Steve Lukather, Phil Upchurch, Bob Wirtz,
 David Williams, Lee Ritenour, David Spinozza – guitar
Bill Champlin, Kenny Mason, Morris Paul Kennedy - vocals
Jim Gilstrap, Roger Saint Kennerly, Wilfredo Wilson, Stephanie Spruill, Jerry Whitman,
 Jim Haas, Ron Hickland – backing vocals
Chuck Findley, Jerry Hey, Kenny Mason, Steve Maddio  - flugelhorn, trumpet
Arthur Maebe, William Collette, Jerome Richardson, Richard Perissi, Vincent DeRosa – horns
Lew McCreary, Slyde Hyde – trombone
Kenny Mason – mellophone
Allan Harshman, Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, Bonnie Douglas, Carol Shive, Carol Mukogawa,
 David Frisina, Dennis Kermazyn, Ed Lustgarten, John Wittenberg, Karen Jones, Kenneth Yorke,
  Marie Fera, Marvin Limonick, Myer Bello, Myra Kestenbaum, Nathan Ross, Nils Oliver, Paul Shure,
   Raymond Kelly, Robert Sushel, Rollice Dale, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov, Virginia Majewski – strings

Classic smooth sounds abound in this ablum. Released domestically in 1979, the only song to make single status was the song, "We Can". We Can's strong vocals (by Bunny Hill & Charles Veal Jr.) along with IDEAL wedding lyrics make for a perfect Wedding song. If your tired of the Usual standard "We've only just begun or Close to you by the Carpenters wedding music, and want the PERFECT song to state your love then youd better give this one a listen. --- (Cleveland Hts., OH United States)

Harvey William Mason (born February 22, 1947 in Atlantic City, New Jersey) is an American jazz drummer. He has worked with many jazz and fusion artists such as Bob James, The Brecker Brothers, Lee Ritenour, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters and almost all the Mizell Brothers productions with Donald Byrd, Johnny Hammond, Bobbi Humphrey and Gary Bartz. He is featured on George Benson's 1976 album, Breezin'. Harvey is also the Percussionist for the Contemporary Jazz group Fourplay, which includes keyboardist Bob James, Guitarist Larry Carlton and Bassist Nathan East.

Mason's son, Harvey Mason, Jr., is one-half of the production team The Underdogs with Damon Thomas. The Underdogs have produced tracks for artists including Fantasia Barrino, Justin Timberlake, Mariah Carey and Luther Vandross. Harvey Sr.'s work is featured on one of the The Underdogs' major works, the soundtrack of the 2006 film adaptation of Dreamgirls.

In 1979 Mason Sr, released the hit single "Groovin' You", a disco-stomping tune, from the album with the same name. This music was then, sampled by House producer Gusto, in his 1995 hit-single "Disco's Revenge". ---amazon.com

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

uploaded yandex 4shared mediafire mega solidfiles cloudmailru filecloudio oboom

back

J

1 	Bernie's Tune	3:41

    Bass – Ron Carter
    Drums – Harvey Mason
    Piano – Kenny Barron

2 	If I Should Lose You	7:26

    Bass – Dave Carpenter
    Drums – Harvey Mason
    Piano – Chick Corea

3 	So Near, So Far	4:41

    Bass – Eddie Gomez
    Drums – Harvey Mason
    Piano – Fred Hersch

4 	Swamp Fire	4:18

    Bass – Charnett Moffett
    Drums – Harvey Mason
    Piano – Monty Alexander

5 	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes		6:13

    Bass – Charlie Haden
    Drums – Harvey Mason
    Piano – Bob James

6 	Hindsight	5:26

    Bass – Ron Carter
    Drums – Harvey Mason
    Piano – Cedar Walton

7 	Dindi	7:47

    Bass – Larry Grenadier
    Drums – Harvey Mason
    Piano – Brad Mehldau

8 	Without A Song	6:40

    Bass – Ron Carter
    Drums – Harvey Mason
    Piano – Mulgrew Miller

9 	One Morning In May	4:41

    Bass – Mike Valerio
    Drums – Harvey Mason
    Piano – Dave Grusin

10 	Speak Like A Child	5:18

    Bass – Dave Carpenter
    Drums – Harvey Mason
    Piano – Herbie Hancock

11 	Tess	4:40

    Bass – George Mraz
    Drums – Harvey Mason
    Piano – Hank Jones

Harvey Mason's motto on With All My Heart seems to be "The one who plays drums in a jazz trio with the most bad-ass pianists and bassists wins. Arguably, that can be also stated of his entire career, as he has played and recorded with a mind-numbing amount of artists through various historical periods and musical styles. The lengthy and illustrious development of the quintessential small jazz group is definitely boosted by this recording.

The premise of the production was quite simple: Mason endeavoring to pair several of his favorite pianists and bassists to record material that is largely familiar to both musicians and the average jazz audience, as well as suited to the respective instrumentalists involved. With the exception of bassists Dave Carpenter, who performs on "If I Should Lose You and "Speak Like a Child, and Ron Carter, who executes on three compositions, the only common thread of the recording is the dexterous and versatile drumming of the leader. Blessedly, Mason also decided to write the liner notes—hence the prospect of knowing what he had in mind for each super-trio, their respective interpretations, and their raison d'être.

"If I Should Lose You, interpreted by Chick Corea, Carpenter, and Mason, is a first and only take. It's emblematic of the best this project, the traditional jazz trio, and this type of music has to offer. Herein the devil isn't only in the details, even though they tell a story by themselves. The cymbal ride, Carpenter's in-and-out march (he seems to vanish while being ever more present), and Corea's elegant and robust lyricism are some particulars worth mentioning. But those are minutiae within a dreamily tight and expressive cohesiveness that closes with an understated driven coda.

Hank Jones and George Mraz join the leader in "Tess. Jones opens by himself and takes immediate ownership of this number. Mason does quite a bit with it, without intruding one bit as Mraz lays it heavy yet unruffled before following Jones for a couple of bars. It is finger lickin' good! --Javier Aq Ortiz, allaboutjazz.com

download (mp3 @320 kbs):

yandex mediafire uloz.to cloud.mail.ru gett

back