While the tunes are all mainstream, this particular ensemble plays much closer to the 'edge', for lack of a better term. That shouldn't be particularly surprising, given that the participants all have pretty fair free jazz backgrounds. This was actually the first Roots ensemble recorded live in 1991. It is a riveting and fun ride start to finish!
"Recorded at the Leverkusen Jazz Festival, where this outstanding all-star saxophone repertory band made its début in 1991, this album features ROOTS celebrating some of the great saxophonists in jazz with memorable versions of the great compositions with which they are associated.
"What ROOTS celebrates so enjoyably... is the sheer vitality, adaptability and diversity of the jazz tradition itself, providing as it does an ever-expanding body of work to be interpreted anew by each succeeding generation of musicians."
(Chris Parker, Jazz Correspondent , Daily Telegraph Weekend)
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thank you so so so so much !!! this is great.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for this. The saxaphone, whether soprano, tenor, or alto, is my favorite instrument in jazz and I'm looking forward to hearing the work of true masters.
ReplyDeletesalute to those who are keeping music like this from being lost..thanks to all involved..even got to d/l it!..i think i figured out when r/s reshuffles the deck each day
ReplyDeleteThanks, KingCake!
ReplyDeleteWonderful music!
WHEW!!
ReplyDeleteIt's really a fantastici music!!
Many, mnay thanks KingCake.
Thanks KingCake - great share.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks, bluebird
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this share. I attended this concert back in 1991 and absolutely loved it. The local newspaper's review annoyed the hell out of me as it put those great musicians down for sticking to standards, which by the terms of the narrow-minded critic was too formulaic and not creative enough. I was 12 years old then and wrote a raving letter to the editor which of course was never published, so seeing this stellar session finally get its due here is a late victory for me ... Thank you for bringing this wonderful session to light again!
ReplyDeletethanks kingcake: what a great lineup.
ReplyDeleteexcellent listen!
mr.mainstream/straight ahead!
KC,
ReplyDeleteThe world can use some more Roots. :-) Thanks for the post.
Thanks for this great set - I saw this band in NYC. Had a problem where track 09 will not decode from FLAC - says "truncated or otherwise corrupt" (tried redownloading, same thing). Any chance for a fix? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'll re-do track 9 to see if that solves the problem.
ReplyDelete@anonymous - Here's track 9 re-done. I've re-upped and then downloaded to test and all is fine.
ReplyDeleteIf there are still problems then it must be at your end.
https://www.rapidshare.com/files/3218729178/09.%20Lester%20Leaps%20In.rar
Many thanks!
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