Jimmy Greene - Flowers - Beautiful Life, Volume 2

As on his acclaimed Mack Avenue debut, Beautiful Life, a poignant, reflective recording that honored his daughter�s love of singing with a program combining jazz, spirituals, contemporary Christian music and ballads, Greene again fulfills his stated imperative of �reflecting the way that Ana lived.� Here, Greene hones in on Ana�s love of dance with a kinetic, groove-filled program comprising ten original compositions�including two Greene-penned lyrics�and his arrangement of the �new standard,� �Something About You.�Feeding the fire on six tracks is Jimmy Greene�s Love In Action, a unit comprising veteran all-stars Renee Rosnes on piano and Fender Rhodes, bassist John Patitucci and drummer Jeff �Tain� Watts, with Rogerio Boccato on an array of percussion instruments, and, on three selections, next-generation guitar hero Mike Moreno. Raising a joyful noise on the other five pieces is Greene�s quartet, with first-callers including keyboardist Kevin Hays, bassist Ben Williams, and drummer Otis Brown, III. Greene himself solos on tenor and soprano saxophone with melodic focus, harmonic ingenuity and soulful authority.�For this new recording, I wanted a different sound and feeling than what we achieved on Beautiful Life. I�ve been close to Otis for many years and love his deep sense of groove combined with an ability to make things feel explosive and loose. Ben makes everything feel great�he can process anything and make it his own. Kevin�s open ears and expansive vocabulary lets him go anywhere the music takes you.