(Contemporary Jazz, Post-Bop) Sam Yahel - Searchin' - 1997, FLAC (tracks+.cue) lossless

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REM GENRE Jazz
REM DATE 1996
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Sam Yahel's debut release as a leader is a promising one for fans of the Hammond B-3. The 25-year-old organist understands, respects, and commands the full capability and power of his instrument. He builds his sound from within the tradition, while developing a distinctive, personal approach. The young organist has a cleanly articulated style that has more in common with Larry Young and Shirley Scott than with Jack McDuff or John Patton. His pedal work is understated, the bass tones coming to the forefront only on Eric Alexander's "Block," the closest Yahel comes on Searchin' to playing a stomping, bugaloo number. The album's best tracks are the five where Yahel works in a trio with guitarist Peter Bernstein and drummer Joe Strasser, notably Jobim's "Double Rainbow," the artist's own "Hymn For Her," and the ballad standard "Never Let Me Go." If ballads are the true measure of a jazz musician, then his playing on "Never Let Me Go" ranks him as an up and coming master. Strasser's deft brush work and Bernstein's subtle shading around the changes with single notes and partial chords complete this accomplished group performance. Tenor player Eric Alexander complements the core trio well on four tracks. He has a crisp, confident style that calls to mind Joe Henderson and Joe Lovano. On the other hand, trumpeter Ryan Kisor's warm-toned, legato style is not entirely at home in this setting. Searchin' establishes Yahel as an important player. He has the tools to allow him to open up his performances, to explore other, as yet unrevealed or undiscovered facets of his musicianship, and to chart new developments on the Hammond. The next chapters will be worth watching for. ~ Jim Todd, All Music Guide
One of the more distinctive voices among a new breed of Hammond B-3 organ players on the jazz scene, Sam Yahel has earned the top spot in Down Beat's annual International Critics Poll as a Talent Deserving Of Recognition for the past four consecutive years.
Since moving to New York in 1990, Yahel has worked with a string of notable jazz artists including tenor saxophonists Joshua Redman and Eric Alexander, former James Brown sideman and alto sax great Maceo Parker, guitarists Peter Bernstein and Bill Frisell, trumpeters Ryan Kisor and Jim Rotondi, vocalists HYPERLINK Norah Jones (on her Grammy-winning Come Away With Me), Lizz Wright, and Madeleine Peyroux.
But it has been as a solo artist in his own right that Yahel has made his most personal statements as both composer and player.
On Truth and Beauty, his fourth outing as a leader, Yahel joins with longtime colleagues Joshua Redman and drummer Brian Blade in rekindling the potent chemistry they generated as Yaya3, a collective group that was an outgrowth of a residency they had at Small's nightclub in New York. “I'm proud of that record. I like Yaya3 (which was released by Warner Bros. in 2003). But at the same time I was always thinking about doing something purely of my own.”
And while Yahel had previously released three recordings as a leader -- 1998's Searchin', 1999's Trio and 2000's In The Blink of an Eye -- his current outing is his strongest to date. “This record is not so much about the straight-ahead swinging undercurrent of the rhythm section,” says Sam. “These days I feel like jazz has absorbed more world music influences. I hear Brazilian, African and Cuban music elements starting to seep into the mainstream jazz scene and I find myself drawing from those influences more. And for me, the organ is the perfect instrument to implement that kind of thing because you can really get rhythmic and percussive on it, you can evoke images and sounds just as easily as swinging. And although I'm a big fan of straight ahead swinging music and I still play it with pleasure, I think that this record is more of a foray into the other side.”
With Truth and Beauty, Yahel once again stakes out his own territory on the Hammond B-3 organ while taking another important stride as a bandleader and composer. - All About Jazz

Sam Yahel (Hammond B-3 organ); Peter Bernstein (guitar); Eric Alexander (tenor saxophone); Ryan Kisor (trumpet); Joe Strasser (drums).