New York Standards Quartet: Heaven Steps To Seven - VINYL LP

New York Standards Quartet: Heaven Steps To Seven - VINYL LPTitle: Heaven Steps To Seven Artist: New York Standards Quartet Label: Whirlwind Recordings Product Type: VINYL LP UPC: 4055388386563 Genre: Jazz Release Date: 2018 12 14 Number of Discs: 1 Saxophonist Tim Armacost, pianist David Berkman and drummer Gene Jackson present individual arrangements full of characteristic inventiveness; and, for the first time in the studio, they are delighted to document bassist Ugonna Okegwo's relationship with the band,

Title: Heaven Steps To Seven
Artist: New York Standards Quartet
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 4055388386563
Genre: Jazz
Release Date: 2018-12-14
Number of Discs: 1

Saxophonist Tim Armacost, pianist David Berkman and drummer Gene Jackson present individual arrangements full of characteristic inventiveness; and, for the first time in the studio, they are delighted to document bassist Ugonna Okegwo's relationship with the band, a regular on their US tours. It's a recording of remarkable finesse, once again refracting kaleidoscopic colours across old favourites and less-familiar treasures from the jazz heritage. Having played together for so long, Armacost highlights two key facets: "One is to discover a beautiful standard you haven't heard before; the other is finding something well known, then portraying it differently. So we honourthe tradition of this music, representing it authentically, but also creating environments which feel new." The breadth of the detailing is remarkable - from Armacost's vamping, fast- walking-bass take on Leonard Bernstein's "Tonight" to Gene Jackson's boisterously arrangement of Cole Porter's "I Love You". Recorded off the back of a week-long tour, the first-take immediacy of these eight sparklers is evident.Tonight / Cheryl / Peace / If I Should Lose You / Every Time We Say Goodbye / I Love You / I'll Keep Loving You / Eye Of The Hurricane

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