





Harvey Mason – Changing Partners (1STEP)
COMPILATION
Drums – Harvey Mason
Bass – James Genus (A1, B2), Stanley Clarke (A2), Buster Williams (A3), Thomas Fonnesback (A4, B3), Dave Carpenter (B1)
Piano – Jacky Terrasson (A1, B2), Gonzalo Rubalcaba (A2), Eric Reed (A3), Lars Jansson (A4, B3), Chick Corea (B1)
1 LP, Standard sleeve
Original Master Tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record Color : Black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12''
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label: Evosound
Original Label: Evosound
Produced by Harvey Mason
Executive Producer – Max Mason
Mastered by Paul Blakemore at Nashville, TN
Originally released in February 2006 (as a CD)
Reissued in March 2025
Tracks :
Side A
1. Change Partners -With James Genus & Jacky Terrasson
2. Sweet and Lovely - with Stanley Clarke & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
3. Mean Old Man - with Buster Williams & Eric Scott Reed
4. Hilda Plays - with Thomas Fonnesback & Lars Jansson
Side B
1. Waltz for Dave - with Dave Carpenter & Chick Corea
2. You Don't Know What Love Is - with James Genus & Jacky Terrasson
3. Midnight Stroll - with Thomas Fonnesback & Lars Jansson
Reviews:
Changing Partners is a straight-ahead jazz trio album by the legendary Grammy-nominated drummer and composer Harvey Mason, one of the most recorded drummers of all time in any genre. A former member of Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters band - for whom he co-wrote the hit ‘Chameleon’ - and a co-founder of the contemporary jazz group Fourplay, Mason leads different trios using a rotating cast of musical collaborators; they include jazz luminaries Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke, Dave Grusin, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, and Buster Williams. Blending fresh interpretations of beloved jazz standards (‘Sweet And Lovely’) alongside original material (‘Midnight Stroll’), Mason has created an album he says was “built with love.” A vibrant celebration of the piano trio’s importance in the history of jazz, Changing Partners also affirms the enduring legacy of the Great American Songbook while testifying to Mason’s incredible chameleon-like versatility and quest for musical excellence.
One Step. Instead of utilizing the industry-standard three-step lacquer process, one-step plating uses only one step, bypassing two processes of generational loss. One-step plating skip the regular father-mother process, going right to a single convert and then pressing. Though this dramatically increases mastering and production costs, it also assures each run is more consistent from disc to disc, with less noise, clearer details and deeper bass. Reducing production complexity to just a single "convert" disc between the lacquer and the press greatly improves groove integrity, diminishes non-fill anomalies and increases signal integrity from the master tape to your system.
Ratings:
Discogs : 4.37 / 5