Thara Memory is a jazz man. He plays trumpet. The world was owed a record of his prodigious talent, and here it is. Most of the cuts are recorded "live" at the Hobbit, a club which no longer exists, by this fine band, which also no longer exists. But if you love the sound of the trumpet in the hands of a really skilled player, you'll find something really special here. He also plays his "donkey" off on our Eddie Harris release. Eddie, by the way, produced the mix on this album.
Here's what Doc Severinsen has to say about Thara's album:
"I would like to urge one and all to give a listen to this special music of Thara Memory, a dedicated and wonderful musician. There is something very special here. Listen and enjoy."
...and writing for the United Nations FAO CASA Gazette, Stavros Moschopoulos says:
"Extremely notable ... you must ABSOLUTELY own and listen to this CD ... no if's, but's or else's ... This is the best jazz CD I've heard in a LONG, LONG time. 'Thara Memory is a jazz man. He plays trumpet,' says his publicity. I say AMEN!!! Thank you Thara for such wonderfully elegant and complex beauty."
Click here to read Alan Stone's glowing review of Juke Music.
Click here to read Bill Smith's glowing article about Thara in Willamette Week ... and how about some of the press Thara has been getting recently! He conducted the Marylhurst Symphony on Sunday, February 25th, 2001 in a programme which included William Grant Still's "Afro-American Symphony" as well as his own work, "Middle Passage." No fewer than three Oregonian writers wrote it up in enthusiastic approval.
updated November 6th, 2001 by Jan Chciuk-Celt