Harry Smallenburg

The Harry Smallenburg Quartet: Live at the Balzac

by Jack Bowers
September 1, 2002

The musicians on this album are all new to me, but they're clearly not new to Jazz, as each one carries out his assignment with the dexterity and assurance of players who've been around the block more than once. Vibraphonist Harry Smallenburg, who leads the quartets (guitarist Allen Kelinski, bassist Bill Casale and drummer Jim Miller replace the regulars on Miles Davis' “All Blues"), has an easygoing, Milt Jackson-like style that serves him well on this program of well-known Jazz ...