- When Carolan Gladden wrote those
words in her book, she summed up the feeling that people have after
listening to Jim Beatty's music. With over fifty years at his art,
Beatty has recorded several albums, toured extensively and lectured
in schools, as well as appearing in clubs across the United States,
Canada, Great Britain, China and Europe. His playing is invariably
fresh, smooth, exhilarating and free. As reviewer Steve Blackburn
said in Jazz Scene, "He offers a 'tour de force' in style
and technique with solos that speak of the great New Orleans players.
His playing brings back that 'inspired abandon' of jazz's forefathers
...he should be included among the ranks of the great soloists of
the decade".
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