JASON ROEBKE – NO LIMITS
One of the
few dates as a leader we've ever seen from trumpeter Dwayne Clemons – a player
who spent more than a few years on the New York scene, and is right at home
here in the Live At Smalls series! The set's got a nice old fashioned live vibe
to it – players opening up on a range of jazz classics – each taking their turn
in the solo spotlight, getting plenty of space to perform, and matching
Clemons' vibe as a leader – in ways that maybe take us back to similar live
recordings from vintage years – such as sets at the Lighthouse or Birdland! In
addition to Clemons on trumpet, other players include Josh Benko on alto and
baritone, Sacha Perry on piano, Murray Wall and Jon Roche on bass, and Jimmy
Wormworth on drums – on titles that include "Down With It",
"Bean Soup", "Salute To Band In Box", "Roccus",
and "Stoned". ~ Dusty Groove
DWAYNE
CLEMONS – LIVE AT SMALLS
One of the
few dates as a leader we've ever seen from trumpeter Dwayne Clemons – a player
who spent more than a few years on the New York scene, and is right at home
here in the Live At Smalls series! The set's got a nice old fashioned live vibe
to it – players opening up on a range of jazz classics – each taking their turn
in the solo spotlight, getting plenty of space to perform, and matching
Clemons' vibe as a leader – in ways that maybe take us back to similar live
recordings from vintage years – such as sets at the Lighthouse or Birdland! In
addition to Clemons on trumpet, other players include Josh Benko on alto and
baritone, Sacha Perry on piano, Murray Wall and Jon Roche on bass, and Jimmy
Wormworth on drums – on titles that include "Down With It",
"Bean Soup", "Salute To Band In Box", "Roccus",
and "Stoned". ~ Dusty Groove
JIMI TENOR
& UMO - MYSTERIUM MAGNUM
Heavenly
sounds from the great Jimi Tenor – a Finnish talent who once specialized in
cold, calculated sounds – but one who's really opened into some spiritual,
soulful territory in the past decade or so! This album wonderfully continues
Jimi's great shift – and features his own work on tenor and flute with this
very cool larger group that moves with energy that's somewhere between Sun Ra's
Arkestra and some of the hipper groups of the 70s Ethiopian scene – awash in
all the exotic elements that you'd expect from both references, but also
showing a real maturation in Tenor's musical vision too – so that some passages
have these sublime soulful arrangements we never would have expected a few
years before! Unlike other contemporary projects of this nature, the album's
not just a rehash of older 70s spiritual jazz modes – and instead really
reflects the continuing elevation of Tenor's talents as the years go on. Titles
include "Ghost Warrior", "Blue Ural", "Koneen
Sydan", "I Was Here", "Kratera", "Kollaasi",
and "Naulamatto". ~ Dusty Groove
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