＊ 昔日Oscar Peterson三重奏貝斯手John Heard率領眾好手傾力演出。
＊ 雙軌類比母帶錄製，以 DVD-Audio 與 CD 雙面音軌發行。
＊ 重現Wayne Shorter、Sonny Rollins、Horace Silver等爵士名家經典作品。
＊ 後製作業由錄音界王牌Bernie Grundman完全負責。
LABEL: Straight Ahead Records
若跟爵士樂迷提起低音貝斯手John Heard，大部分的人都不太熟悉。出生於1938年的他，年輕時代就曾經與小號手Tommy Turrentine、薩克斯風手Booker Irvin等知名樂手合作。而後來在Oscar Peterson三重奏與貝西伯爵大樂團各6年的合作，更將他個人的演奏技巧推向高峰。「The Jazz Composer’s Songbook」是他率領Danny Grisset（鋼琴）、Lorca Hart（鼓）、Herman Riley（薩克斯風／長笛）與Nolan Shaheed（小號／翼號）等人組成的John Heard & Co.共同錄製，選曲全是50年代爵士二次狂潮的名作，當中可見Wayne Shorter、Sonny Rollins、Horace Silver、Thelonious Monk等人的作品。本專輯是交由爵士新興廠牌Straight Ahead錄製與發行，並採雙軌類比母帶錄製，並以DVD-Audio與CD雙面音軌方式發行，專輯的母帶後製工程是交木業界執牛耳的Bernie Grundman全權負責，品質絕對有保障。
SAR 103 - on this tribute to the second wave of Jazz composers from the 50's like Wayne Shorter, Bobby Timmons, Sonny Rollins, and Horace Silver among others, Straight Ahead spotlights John Heard on bass leading a group of outstanding musicians such as Danny Grisset on piano, Lorca Hart on drums, Herman Riley on Sax/flute and Nolan Shaheed on trumpet and flugelhorn. John Heard played in the day, when he was a kid of 17, with Tommy Turrintine, Booker Irvin, Horace Parlan and Roland Kirk and as such when asked about recording iconic tunes like "Soulville", "Ruby My Dear", and "Lester Left Town" among others replied "I ain't afraid of these songs, I'll put together a quintet and we'll put a smile on them again". When you hear what John and company have done you too will have a smile on your face. And just so you know, that great cover shot is a copy of a silkscreen done by John Heard - a natural artist at home with either of the two arts!
LP pressed on Classic Record's proprietary 200g Super Vinyl Profile. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, recorded and mixed directly to two track by Scott Sedillo using equipment designed and built by The Chief Electronic Design Engineer at BGM - Beno May.
John Heard - Bass
Danny Grissett- Piano
Lorca Hart - Drums
Herman Riley - Tenor Saxophone and Flute on Track #4
Nolan Shaheed - Trumpet and Flugelhorn
Produced By Stewart Levine
Executive Producer: Bernie Grundman
Recorded Live At Bernie's
