Steve Turre offers his first quintet project with TNT - Trombone ‘N’ Tenor, an exciting collection of eight compositions dedicated to a select group of jazz elders. Turre plays with three different quintets and is joined by tenor saxophonists James Carter, Dewey Redman and David Sanchez. Turre focuses purely on trombone, a departure from his previous releases that have included his exceptional playing on the conch shells. The ensemble boasts an astonishing repertoire of historic compositions by Stanley Turrentine, Hoagy Carmichael, and Benny Goodman as wells as four originals penned by Steve Turre. Among the highlights are an unforgettable version of "Stompin' At The Savoy" that features Dewey Redman's inimitable sax phrasings and nuance, the eleven minute "Dewey's Dance," a modal tune in ¾ time that captivates you with Stephen Scott's piano elegance, and the technical virtuosity of James Carter and Steve Turre's open-horn plunger orations on "Hallelujah, I Love Her So." Unlike his In The Spur of The Moment recording which featured Turre's mastery of the Ellington-style of muted playing, TNT - Trombone ‘N' Tenor treats listeners to Turre's enjoyable art of the plunger-Basie style. David Sanchez's Afro-Cuban voice proves to be the perfect complement for Turre's clave and horn playing on "Puente of Soul." Together with the percussive fuel played by Giovanni Hidalgo, the ensemble reaches new heights in Turre's repertoire of Afro-Cuban jazz. ~ by Paula Edelstein, AMG.
Telarc Jazz, CD-63529, 2001
Recorded 9th-10th November,
2000 in Avatar Studio B & C, New York City
Personnel:
Steve Turre - Trombone,
Claves
James Carter - Tenor
Saxophone (#1,4-6)
Dewey Redman - Tenor
Saxophone (#3,8)
David Sanchez - Tenor
Saxophone (#2,3,7,8)
Mulgrew Miller - Piano
(#1,4-6)
Stephen Scott - Piano
(#2,3,7,8)
Buster Williams - Bass
(#1,4-6)
Peter Washington - Bass
(#2,3,7,8)
Victor Lewis - Drums (#1,4-6)
Lewis Nash - Drums (#2,3,7,8)
Giovanni Hidalgo - Congas,
Timbales, Campana (#2,7)
Tracks:
1. Back In The Day {Stanley
Turrentine} (6:39)
2. Puente Of Soul {Steve
Turre} (6:10)
3. Stompin' At The Savoy
{Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Chick Webb} (8:12)
4. The Nearness Of You {Hoagy
Carmichael} (8:18)
5. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
{Ray Charles} (5:00)
6. Eric The Great {Steve
Turre} (8:55)
7. E.J. {Stanley Turrentine}
(5:11)
8. Dewey's Dance {Steve
Turre} (11:04)
Credits:
Producer - Steve Turre, Myles
Weinstein
Executive Producer - Robert
Woods
Recording And Mixing Engineer
- Robert Friedrich
Technical Assistant - Mark
Fraunfelder, Ricardo Fernandez
Editor - Robert Friedrich
Cover Photo - John Abbott
Cover Design - Heidi Kropf,
Brian Sooy & Co.
Art Director - Anilda
Carrasquillo
Liner Notes - Ted Panken,
Downbeat, Jazziz, WKCR
