Don Byron - Ivey-Divey (2004)

Front Cover	Album Info
	Artist/Composer Don Byron Title Ivey-Divey Length 75:16 Discs: 1 Tracks: 12 Format HQ 192+ kbps Packaging Jewel Case Label Blue Note Cat. Number 78215 Style Contemporary Jazz Rating Recorded maj 2004  Comment nużący wirtuoz klarnetu

Musicians	Credits
Don Byron clarinet Jason Moran piano Ralph Alessi trumpet Lonnie Plaxico bass Jack DeJohnette drums	Producer Hans Wendl Producer Don Byron Engineer Tom Lazarus Mastering Joe Lambert

Track list

01 I Want to Be Happy 08:49 02 Somebody Loves Me 07:17 03 I Cover the Waterfront 05:07 04 I've Found a New Baby 06:07 05 Himm (for Our Lord and Kirk Franklin) 05:31 06 The Goon Drag 03:20 07 Abie the Fishman 05:10 08 Lefty Teachers at Home 06:37 09 "Leopold, Leopold..." 04:04 10 Freddie Freeloader 07:11 11 In a Silent Way 09:31 12 Somebody Loves Me (alternate take) 06:32

Notes

AMG Review by Matt Collar (4): Clarinetist Don Byron once again mixes post-bop, swing, and funk into a unique concoction on Ivey-Divey. Just like Bug Music wasn't necessarily '30s swing and A Fine Line: Arias and Lieder wasn't exactly a classical album, Ivey-Divey isn't truly a straight-ahead, mainstream jazz album, although purists and avant-garde fans alike should find much common ground here. To these ends, Byron gets humorously rambunctious and a little "out" on such tracks as the swinging "I've Found a New Baby," the reverent and bluesy "Himm (For Our Lord and Kirk Franklin)," and the funky downtown jam "'Leopold, Leopold...'." Backing Byron here are the always adventurous talents of pianist Jason Moran, drummer Jack DeJohnette, trumpeter Ralph Alessi, and bassist Lonnie Plaxico.