Taking its name from the first letter of the last names of saxophonist Seamus Blake, bassist Jay Anderson, guitarist Oz Noy and drummer Adam Nussbaum, BANN is an accomplished quartet. All four are well known for their consistently hig quality recordings and focus on more fusion-oriented approaches to composing and playing. Selecting six member-penned pieces and three covers, the band explores classic Monk ("Played Twice"), the Great American Songbook (Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are") and even classic rock with David Crosby's "Guinnevere." This last track fares far better as an instrumental than it did with its original silly hippie lyric. But the session really doesn’t start to burn until Jay Anderson's "Will Call" which finds all members swinging hard and tossing out jagged shards of soloing. There are even moments of Slowpoke-like bluesiness on "At Sundown." Grade: B. ~ Stuart Derdeyn, TheProvince.com.
Jazz Eyes, Jazz Eyes 010, 2010
Recorded at Mountain Rest
Studio, New Paltz, New York
Musicians:
Seamus Blake - Saxophone
Oz Noy - Guitar
Jay Anderson - Double Bass
Adam Nussbaum - Drums
Tracks:
1. All The Things You Are
{Jerome Kern} (6:35)
2. Played Twice {Thelonious
Monk} (6:53)
3. Guinnevere {David Crosby}
(8:20)
4. Will Call {Jay Anderson}
(3:54)
5. Days Of Old {Adam
Nussbaum, Maia Nussbaum} (4:50)
6. As You Like {BANN} (6:27)
7. At Sundown {Jay Anderson}
(5:52)
8. Minor Shuffle {Oz Noy}
(7:15)
9. Isotope {Joe Henderson}
(8:03)
Total Time: 58:13
Credits:
Producer - BANN
Executive-Producer - Paul
Siculiana
Recording, Mixing & Mastering - Jay Anderson
