Don Thompson Quartet / Winter Mist

Don Thompson

Donald Winston Thompson, OC^[1] (born 18 January 1940) is a Canadian jazz musician who plays double bass, piano, and vibes.^[2] Thompson formed part of the Toronto Quartet of Paul Desmond during the mid seventies, and that effort produced two albums. Other personnel on those dates, mostly at Bourbon Street in Toronto, were Toronto guitarist Ed Bickert and drummer Jerry Fuller. Thompson has been a fixture on the Toronto jazz scene since the late 1960s when he moved there from British Columbia. Thompson played for a long time in Rob McConnell's Boss Brass.

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AllMusic Review by Scott Yanow

Not content to merely be an expert pianist, bassist and drummer, Don Thompson sticks exclusively to vibes on this CD reissue; he is one of the few musicians who could overdub a tribute to the Modern Jazz Quartet by himself. Joined by some of Canada's finest musicians (guitarist Reg Schwager, bassist Pat Collins and drummer Barry Elmes), Thompson performs five group originals and four standards during a lengthy live session. With Thompson emulating Milt Jackson on some tracks along with touches of Bobby Hutcherson, and Schwager's dry guitar consistently recalling Jim Hall, this CD is very much in the modern mainstream of jazz.

Don Thompson Quartet
Winter Mist

Personnel

Don Thompson: Vibraphone
Reg Schwager: Electric Guitar Pat Collins: Upright Bass
Barry Elmes: Drums


Recorded live at George's in Toronto
Canada April 21st & April 22nd 1990

Track listing 

1)"Nothin' Changes" (B Elmes)(0:00) 2)"Ruby" (H Roemheld/M Parish)(7:41) 3)"Alone Together" (A Schwartz/H Dietz)(15:45) 4)"Winter Mist" (D Thompson)(27:00) 5)"Hannako" (R Schwager)(37:30) 6)"Moon Walk" (D Thompson)(43:47) 7)"What News" (R Schwager)(52:01) 8)"Never Let Me Go" (R Evans/J Livingston)(58:58) 9)"Blue Monk" (T Monk)(1:06:26)