On a Gentle Note

RELEASE
November 01, 1977
LABEL
Muse
GENRES
Jazz, Hard Bop

Album Review

After 1966, vibraphonist Dave Pike was primarily heard on European labels until he made his first album for Muse in 1975. His second effort for the label teams Pike with a variety of top L.A. players: Tom Ranier on electric piano (he plays alto on "Scrapple from the Apple"), guitarist Ron Eschete, bassist Luther Hughes, drummer Ted Hawke, and the obscure Rudolph Johnson on tenor. There are some unaccompanied solos (Eschete on "Everytime We Say Goodbye," Ranier's keyboard on "Gigi," and Pike on "Visions of Spain") and a fair amount of variety in the rhythms (ranging from straight-ahead to Latin and rock), making this a generally unpredictable (if now hard to find) LP.
Scott Yanow, Rovi

Track Listing

  1. Lazy Afternoon
  2. Gigi
  3. Regards from Freddie Horowitz
  4. Secret Mystery of Hensch
  5. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
  6. Scrapple from the Apple
  7. Visions of Spain