Nate Najar
Like, Coolsville
© 2004 Blue Line Music
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Groovy, swinging "cool" jazz.
tracks
- 1 Blues After Dark
- 2 Two Lines For Carl
- 3 Cherry Drop
- 4 The Party
- 5 Charade
- 6 Twilight In Acapulco
- 7 On The Trail
- 8 Like, Coolsville
- 9 Jackie
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Everything about this album screams 1950s - the title, the skinny-ties-and-moonlight cover art, the vibraphone, the gently finger-popping tempos, the decorously swinging melodies. That's guitarist and composer Nate Najar's bag, and bless him for it; it's great to have someone on the scene this happily and unapologetically devoted to a period in jazz when audience-pleasing smoothness blended so seamlessly with virtuosic chops and compositional elegance. And as fine a guitarist as Najar is, it's his compositions that really set him apart from the pack - the contrapuntally complex "Two Lines for Carl", the gently regretful "Party", the coolly strutting "Blues After Dark". His arrangement of "On the Trail", from Ferdinand Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite, is a deft and humorous touch, and his rendition of Barney Kessel's "Twilight in Acapulco" (complete with marimba, courtesy of Sam Koppelman) provides a surprisingly affecting moment. And then there's the guitar playing, which is never less than sharply inventive, sweetly melodic and warmly inviting. Very highly recommended. - Rick Anderson, All Music Guide
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It's kind of "Like, Coosvilles"
author: John AxumeBest tracks are Blues After Dark and Two Lines for Carl-very cool counterpoint on that track. Najar playing is very smooth. It was refreshing to hear a jazz guitar player that doesn't rely on speed to impress the listener.
Great playing by all, beautiful style, love the guitar
author: Taddeus SchaeferNate is young but plays mature.
author: Gary HumesEnjoyed every track with kudos to Blues after Dark and Like, Coolsville. Nate's interpretation of On the Trail makes this album an absolute must.