I Won't Dance [Eu Nao Quero Dancer]

by Harry Allen

Overview

Tenor saxophonist Harry Allen shows his hand from the first measure, this is his Stan Getz tribute. He sounds exactly like the Brazilianized musician who found fame with "Girl from Ipanema." Although Allen refutes the title, his sound dances as if it were a paddleball. The lyrical quality is there a hundredfold, backed by a stellar cast of musicians including acoustic guitarist Dori Caymmi, electric guitarist Joe Cohn, pianist Larry Goldings, bassist Dennis Irwin, and drummer Duduka DaFonseca. Eight of the twelve selections are instrumentals, ranging from a typical slow "Once I Loved" and samba informed "No More Blues" to such lighter fare as the title track. The bossa "Doralice" and Allen's hard samba original "Time Is Standing Still" benefit from better arrangements and more aggressive playing. "Corcovado" is a switcheroo in that Goldings' piano states the melody while Allen's tenor fills in the cracks. There are also four vocals sung in Portuguese. Two are by Caymmi, his resonant tenor echoing poems of pining on "O Pato" and "Meditation," while a nine month pregnant Maucha Adnet pushes her vocal chords on the classic "Desafinado" and "If You Never Come to Me." In the liner notes, Allen gives thanks to the jazz fans in Japan, mavens of the carbon copy. When Harry meets his own true voice on his instrument, perhaps then the listener will be the one dancing. Until then this is for specialized tastes from the cool school ~ Michael G. Nastos

Product Details

Release Date:	08/24/2010
Label:	Rca Victor / Rca
UPC:	0743215812623
Rank:	253759

Tracks

1. O Pato
2. Corcovado (Quiet Nights)
3. Desafinado
4. Once I Loved
5. Time Is Standing Still
6. Meditation (Medita¿¿¿¿o)
7. No More Blues (Chega de Saudade)
8. Air
9. I Won't Dance
10. If You Never Come to Me (Inutil Paisagem)
11. Doralice
12. Retrato Em Branco E Preto

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Harry Allen   Primary Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Larry Goldings   Guest Artist,Piano
Dori Caymmi   Guest Artist,Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic)
Joe Cohn   Guitar (Electric)
Duduka Da Fonseca   Drums,Percussion
Dennis Irwin   Bass
Maucha Adnet   Vocals

Technical Credits

Chico Buarque   Composer
Dori Caymmi   Composer
Vinicius de Moraes   Composer
Neuza Teixeira   Composer
Aloysio de Oliveira   Composer
Jim Czak   Engineer
Ray Gilbert   Composer
Otto Harbach   Composer
Harry Allen   Composer,Producer,Liner Notes
Laurindo Almeida   Composer
Jimmy McHugh   Composer
Ikuyoshi Hirakawa   Producer
Antonio Carlos Jobim   Composer
Dorothy Fields   Composer
Oscar Hammerstein II   Composer
Jayme Silva   Composer
Norman Gimbel   Composer
Newton Mendonca   Composer
Antonio Almeida   Composer
Hiromichi Takiguchi   Mastering
Johann Sebastian Bach   Composer
Bill Moss   Assistant Engineer
Jerome Kern   Composer
Dorival Caymmi   Composer