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MP3 Manhattan Bones - Tribute
9 MP3 Songs
JAZZ: Bebop, JAZZ: Big Band
Details:
Manhattan Bones features the unusual instrumentation of 4 trombonists (doubling other brass instruments) and a 3-piece rhythm section. It began in 1989 as "Maine Bones" while Reeves was teaching at the University of Southern Maine. Upon his relocation to New York in 2000, the group was reformed as "Manhattan Bones." Their first recording, Tribute salutes the brass masters of the past - while looking towards the future with free form original compositions. The "tributes" include trombonist J.J. Johnson''s composition, Shutter-bug, an unusual 20-bar blues in which the bones recreate J.J.''s masterful solo from his J.J. Inc. album. Caravan gives a nod to Ellington valve trombonist Juan Tizol, but this arrangement possesses a decidely contemporary sound through the use of hand percussion, Freddie Hubbard''s "Blakeyesque" bridge and a pedal-point shout chorus. Trumpeter Clark Terry and valve trombonist Bob Brookmeyer are heralded in Brookmeyer''s ingeniously motivic modal composition, Hum. Terry''s buoyant time and exquisite bop lines from his solo on the Terry/Brookmeyer Quintet recording, Tonight, are rendered by the ensemble. (Incidentally, Clark Terry once performed this arrangement as a guest artist with the bones). Duke Ellington called Gil Evans his "favorite jazz orchestrator," a statement with which most jazz aficionados would agree. Evans'' work is featured prominently on this CD, as evidenced by Gone, his recomposition of the Gershwin lament, Gone, Gone, Gone. While the interlude from Porgy and Bess serves as an introduction, this orchestration is modeled after Gil''s subsequent versions, not the classic collaboration with Miles Davis. Evans is also profiled in Where Flamingos Fly - originally a vehicle for trombonist Jimmy Knepper. Evans described the song in an interview with Ben Sidren as "a field song...a man just leaned up against a fence in a field somewhere in Alabama and sang that melody." Evans'' arrangement serves as a basis for this orchestration, which features Sessions'' passionate and visceral statement of the melody, as well as Reeves'' didgeridoo, an Australian aboriginal instrument. The two original compositions are both distillations of big band compositions Reeves wrote for the BMI Jazz Composers Orchestra. The melody of Shape Shifter is based on a 12-tone row "borrowed" from the Alberto Ginastera''s first Piano Sonata, but the haunting vamp for the blowing is tonal, which gives way to multimeteric exchanges between the bones and pianist Ridl. Congressional Roll Call was previously recorded on Reeves'' quintet date of the same name (Creative Jazz 1001) but is intensively reworked in this version. French composer Gabriel Faure''s Pavane, a classical work transformed into a jazz vehicle, and Wayne Shorter''s Tom Thumb, heard here in a ''boogaloo'' treatment, round out the recording.
Manhattan Bones are:
Scott Reeves - alto flugelhorn, alto valve trombone, tenor trombone
Tim Sessions - tenor trombone
Mark Patterson - tenor trombone
Tim Newman - bass trombone
Jim Ridl - piano
Mike McGuirk - bass
Andy Watson - drums
Scott Reeves has been teaching at the collegiate level since 1976 and currently is a professor at the City College of New York and the Juilliard School of Music. He has played or recorded with the Dave Liebman Big Band, the Chico O''Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, Clark Terry, Kenny Werner, James Williams, Ron Carter, John Patitucci, and the Anthony Braxton Orchestra. He is also the author of two widely acclaimed books on jazz improvisation, Creative Jazz Improvisation and Creative Beginnings, several arrangements for jazz ensemble, and scholarly articles (such as his research on Gil Evans). Scott chooses to play trombone only within the ensemble on this recording, relying on his alto brass - the alto flugelhorn (a rotary valve German brass band instrument) and the alto valve trombone (a restored antique instrument) - for all of his solos and some of the lead parts. Tim Sessions is a New Jersey resident, but was part of the original "Maine Bones" when he resided in New England. In addition to his tenure with the Dave Liebman Big Band, sub work with the Mingus Big Band and Village Vanguard Orchestra, Tim is currently in the pit of the long-running Broadway musical, The Producers. He can be heard on many jazz recordings, in company with artists such as Randy Brecker, Chris Potter and Kenny Werner. Mark Patterson is one of the most sought-after trombonists in New York. He plays and composes for the sextet, Convergence, with trumpeter Greg Gisbert, subs regularly with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, is a longtime member of the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop Orchestra and the New York Pops Orchestra, and has toured with the Maria Schneider Jazz Orchestra and Dave Matthews Manhattan Jazz Orchestra. Mark also plays in the pit orchestra for the Broadway show, 42nd Street. Bass trombonist Tim Newman appears frequently with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra and was a regular member of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra for 10 years. He has played with such diverse groups as Mario Bauza''s Afro-Cuban Orchestra and They Might Be Giants. Tim is currently on the jazz faculty at William Paterson University in New Jersey and is finishing his Ph.D. in composition at New York University. Pianist Jim Ridl has performed and recorded with a variety of artists such as Pat Martino, Dave Liebman and Denis DiBlasio. His work has been profiled in DownBeat, Jazz Times and Piano and Keyboard magazines. Jim continues to perform with Martino at major festivals in Japan, Europe and the U.S. Bassist Mike McGuirk recently moved to Brooklyn after graduating from the University of North Texas and his fluent style, reminiscent of the legendary Scott LaFaro, has made him one of the most sought-after bassists on the New York scene. He currently plays with artists such as John Abercrombie, Renee Rosnes and Mark Copland. Drummer Andy Watson has performed and recorded with an impressive list of artists, including Toshiko Akiyoshi, Bill Frisell, Benny Golson Jim Hall, Tom Harrell, Jon Hendricks, Woody Herman, Joe Lovano, Wynton Marsalis, Marian McPartland, James Moody, Mike Stern, and Lew Tabackin.
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