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MP3 Craig Bailey, Tim Armacost & Brooklyn Big Band - Live at Sweet Rhythm

Fiery, original, fresh and powerful new music from one of the most exciting big bands in New York.

8 MP3 Songs in this album (68:03) !
Related styles: Jazz: Modern Big Band, Jazz: Progressive Big Band, Mood: Fun

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Newark Star Ledger Review
Brooklyn Big Band never fails to serve up originals
By Zan Stewart
May 20, 2009, 12:57PM
Brooklyn Big Band. When: May 25, June 1, and subsequent Mondays, 9 and 10:30 p.m. Where: Cafe Iguana, 240 W. 54th St., between Eight Avenue and Broadway, New York. How much: $10 suggested donation, no minimum. Call (212) 765-5454 or visit https://www.tradebit.com.
NEW YORK -- Delivering challenging, engaging originals with spirit, conviction and poise, the Brooklyn Big Band played a solid first set Monday at the Cafe Iguana in New York.
The 16-piece modern mainstream band, another top-rate large ensemble on the New York-New Jersey jazz scene, was formed in 2000 by saxophonists, composers and arrangers Tim Armacost and Craig Bailey. They met in the early 1990s at a jam session at the club Dean Street in Brooklyn and played there regularly, often with many of the musicians who joined the "BBB."
"The energy in those sessions was so great that Craig and I wanted to try and put it in some kind of container," Armacost said after Monday''s first set -- for which altoist Bailey, out on the road, was subbed by Hayes Greenfield.
The result, the BBB, has performed at several New York area clubs, including Sweet Rhythm between 2003 and 2006, and at the Iguana since February -- where it plays most Mondays, including this coming Monday and June 1. Visit https://www.tradebit.com for information. The band''s debut CD, "Live at Sweet Rhythm" (Candid), is due out "any day now," said Armacost, whose website is https://www.tradebit.com.
His "I''m Happy Anyway" was Monday''s opener. As on each of the numbers, the music had a subtle-to-powerhouse drive provided by the writing, the horn players and the ace rhythm team: keyboardist Mike Eckroth, bassist Phil Palombi and drummer Scott Neumann.
The medium-paced tune began with lilting passages from Armacost''s soprano saxophone, Terry Goss'' flute, and muted trombone and trumpet -- Mike Fahn and Riley Mullins, respectively. Gradually, more instruments were added, and the theme, with low-range saxes as a tantalizing bottom, came across lush and full. A pronounced band swell led to a strong held note, then trumpeter Waldron Ricks'' solo.
The trumpeter stretched out -- as did other improvisers throughout the set -- making the performance part large ensemble, part jazz quartet. Working a la Freddie Hubbard, Ricks'' offered beguiling streams, hard-hit high notes, and more. Neumann kicked him all the way, and occasional band backdrops added interest.
Baritone saxophonist Jason Marshall also let loose, his tone rich and dark, his enticing ideas running from colorful, songlike bits and long, animated statements to high gleaming tones.
The alluring "Ascent" -- another by Armacost, who has a masters in composition from Queens College, City University of New York -- again started with a few players, with others gradually arriving. It also started slowly, then got faster. Here, valve trombonist Fahn scored with a wealth of melodically juicy utterances and Mullins with some intricate high-end sounds. Over a sinuous bossa beat, alto saxophonist Greenfield was moving with singing-toned missives, gritty swirls, and dashing, intricate statements.
Bailey''s "Soul Bossa Nova" had a slow, emotive theme via tenor saxophonist Keith Loftis, who soloed with warmth here, ardency there. The finale was Armacost''s speedy "Long Haired Girl," evincing his vital tone, formidable technique and robust, inventive ideas that never seemed to repeat themselves.
Zan Stewart is the Star-Ledger''s jazz writer. He is also a musician who occasionally performs at local clubs. He may be reached at zstewart@https://www.tradebit.com or at (973) 324-9930.

All About Jazz Review:
After three years (on and off) of obscure gigs in
Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Big Band (BBB), co-led by alto
saxist Craig Bailey and tenor man Tim Armacost, had
its long-awaited Manhattan debut at Sweet Rhythm
(Aug. 2nd, 2004). The band struck a balance between tight
and loose, beginning with an off-the-cuff “Take the
Coltrane” and ending with Bailey’s greasy “My Blues”
(complete with a bracing scat chorus from trumpeter
Larry Gillespie). In the BBB’s ranks are fine players
who should be better known: Bailey and Mark Gross
on altos; Armacost and Keith Loftis on tenors; Charlie
Evans on baritone; Jason Jackson, Dion Tucker, Tim
Albright and Johannes Pfannkuch on bones; Gillespie,
Jamal Monteilh, James Zollar and Matt Shulman on
trumpets; Kelvin Shollar on piano; Phil Palombi on
bass and Lieven Venken on drums. Armacost stepped
up for a feature (and a sharp-witted cadenza) on his
ballad “Animated,” which was followed by Jason
Jackson’s bright “Brazilian Bop;” then an Al Cohn
arrangement of “You Don’t Know What Love Is,”
featuring Gillespie on flugelhorn, and finally the
uptempo “40-Pound Limit”, a showcase for Bailey and
Gross’ dueling altos. Merging a seamless ensemble
attack with the flexibility of a combo, the BBB can
compete with any of its peers on Manhattan isle.

- David Adler


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