Jazz Pianist Roger Tilton has just recently released his second album featuring his talented Trio consisting of Roger Tilton on Piano, Henry Franklin on Bass and Yayo Morales on Drums. When Tilton started to put some ideas together for this album, he did not start with Bossa Nova music as the overall theme. His first thoughts were to put together music that he loved and enjoyed playing. He has always loved the music of Brazil and especially the beautiful music of Antonio Carlos Jobim. So as he gathered songs for his new CD it turned out that 7 out of the 9 tunes that made the final cut were Bossa Nova songs. That explains the title of this CD, "Mostly Bossa".
Roger Tilton is a classically trained pianist studied at the University of Redlands and took personal lessons with concert Pianist Johanna Harris, wife of American composer Roy Harris. He first became interested in Jazz listening to Stan Getz playing "Desafinado" and Ramsey Lewis playing "The In Crowd". While at the University of Redlands, Tilton met Bass Player Rob Fisher who introduced him to the music of Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, and Denny Zeitlin. Joining The Roger Tilton Trio on this album is the legendary Bassist Henry Franklin. Franklin has a star-studded musical career including being a member of the Trumpeter Freddie Hubbert's group. He also was a part of Drummer Shelly Manne's group and Woody Shaw's band. In addition to performing regularly, Franklin also runs his own production company, recording studio and label. The third member of this talented trio, Drummer Yayo Morales was born in Bolivia and is an exceptional Jazz Drummer in the rhythms of South America and is a perfect addition to the Bossa songs on this CD. Morales also did the mastering of the songs for this CD.
The Music on "Mostly Bossa" is like most Bossa music, comfortable and enjoyable. It is so soothing and relaxing to listen to and the listener can move through the entire CD and still be looking for more.
The three members of this Trio are all so exceptional and they make the listener feel that playing Bossa Nova music is easy. This is what really professional Jazz talents do, they interpret complicated songs and rhythms and turn them into attractive and understandable music for their audiences.
I have attached two "YouTube" songs from this CD. The first tune is "Dindi" the Antonio Carlos Jobim gem. Tilton mentioned that he had not heard many instrumental versions of it but only vocal renditions. So glad he did because his instrumental captures the excitment of this wonderful Jobim tune and Brazilian music in general. The second tune is "Tokyo Blues" the Horace Silver Jazz classic that is titled as a Blues but it is actually based on Boss Nova Rhythms.
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