Sam Dillon; My Ideal

While we're on the subject of top flight tenor men, you want to check out Sam Dillon. His sound is, to my ear, influenced by Coltrane. Lots of notes but all exactly the right ones. His gifted thythm section is comprised of David Hazeltine, piano; Alex Claffy, bass, and Rodney Green, drums. The eight selections played here include four scintillating Dillon originals and the well loved standards “Softly As In a Morning Sunrise”, “Have You Met Miss Jones”, “My Ideal”, and “I Love You”. This is some serious, hard swinging, real deal jazz. It's played with passion and precision and it all works to perfection.

Cellar Music Group, 2025; 59:18