Criss Cross Jazz 1179 CD

Herlin Riley Quintet

Watch What You're Doing

Watch What You're Doing is the debut recording of Herlin Riley, the 42-year-old master New Orleans drummer who spent five years with Ahmad Jamal, six years with the Wynton Marsalis Quintet and Septet, and has been the drummer-of-choice of Wynton Marsalis' Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra for the past decade.

Joined by a choice ensemble of LCJO colleagues, trumpeter Ryan Kisor, trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, saxist Victor Goines, pianist Farid Barron and bassist Rodney Whitaker, Riley conjures a profound meditation on the rhythmic timeline befitting his griotic status as an improviser who has lived the tradition from the inside-out.

1. Watch What You're Doing (Herlin Riley)
2. New York Walk (Herlin Riley)
3. John Lewis (Rodney Whitaker)
4. Soscalalah Blues (Herlin Riley)
5. Sunshine In My Pocket (Herlin Riley)
6. Coodie Coo (Herlin Riley)
7. Warm All Over (Herlin Riley)
8. Myrosa's Mirage (Herlin Riley)
9. Blood Groove (Herlin Riley)

Total Time: 56:05
Recorded June 10, 1999 in Brooklyn, NY, USA by Max Bolleman

Herlin Riley (D)
Ryan Kisor (Tp)
Wycliffe Gordon (Tb)
Victor Goines (Ts / Ss / Bs / Cl)
Farid Barron (P)
Rodney Whitaker (B)