David fathead newman wikipedia

2007 studio album by David "Fathead" Newman

Life is an album by American saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman, dedicated to pianist John Hicks, which was recorded in 2004 and released on the HighNote label the following year.^[1][2][3][4]

Reception

In his review on Allmusic, Thom Jurek states: "taste, elegance and soul are the trademarks of everything here.

Indeed, as evidenced by Life, Newman's able to turn the trick back inside out and seek new ground inside ballads and standards rather than radically revisioning them. He has always been a player of great feeling and economy, but here, he takes his gifts to an entirely different level. Just beautiful".^[5] In JazzTimes, Owen Cordle noted: "David “Fathead” Newman, known for his gritty, Texas tenor solos with the Ray Charles band of the 1950s and ’60s, is also a compelling, sexy ballad player, as this album, his eighth for HighNote, r