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| Steve Slagle Alto Manhattan CD Release Shows ALTO MANHATTAN CD CELEBRATIONS WED., JUNE 14th 8PM STEVE SLAGLE A.M. BAND SOUTH KITCHEN JAZZ 600 NORTH BROAD ST PHILADELPHIA PA 19130 WED., JUNE 21 Showtimes 7:30 & 9:30 JAZZ STANDARD 116 E 27th St New York, NY 10016 STEVE SLAGLES A.M. BAND STEVE SLAGLE-SAX & FLUTE LAWRENCE FIELDS-PIANO GERALD CANNON-BASS ROMAN DIAZ-CONGA &PERC. VICTOR LEWIS-DRUMS & CYMBALS New CD Artist: Steve Slagle Title: Alto Manahattan Label: Panorama Records 006 Artists Website: www.steveslagle.com Release Date: JANUARY 6 2017 Track listing, track times: 1. FAMILY 7:05 2. ALTO MANHATTAN 3:52 3. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW 7:01 4. (SOLO ALTO) BODY & SOUL 4:58 5. INCEPTION 5:55 6. GUESS I'LL HANG MY TEARS OUT TO DRY 6:29 7. (QUINTET) (ALTO MANHATTAN) A.M. 4:09 8. (IN MEMORY OF TOOTS THIELEMANS) HOLIDAY 5:27 9. VIVA LA FAMALIA 6:57 STEVE SLAGLE: alto saxophone (1-7), flute (8 & 9) JOE LOVANO: tenor saxophone (1 &7), G mezzo soprano (8) LAWRENCE FIELDS: piano GERALD CANNON: bass ROMAN DIAZ: congas (1, 8 & 9) BILL STEWART: drums All compositions by Steve Slagle, Except "Body & Soul" by J. Green; "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry"; J. Styne & S. Cahn; "Inception" by M. Tyner Produced By: Steve Slagle Executive Producer: Rick Simpson Recorded August 6, 2016 At Trading 8's Studio, Paramus, NJ Recording & Mix Engineer: Chris Sulit Photography & Graphic Design: Christopher Drukker Steve Slagle on Alto Sax and Flute leads a new recording with a great line-up of diverse players who inspire a wide range of music playing five new exciting originals for the first time, as well as two classics and one solo alto sax piece. Alto Manhattan, is latino for the NYC neighborhood steve lives in-'upper manhattan'or 'the heights' and the program here is: FAMILY—This composition for 2 saxes+2 drums is pure jazz, with Cuba and Africa in the make-up of what is a big family. Note Roman Diaz, from Cuba, and his great sound on Conga, as well as the whole group inter-play-all in the family! ALTO MANHATTAN, song #2 is so nice they play it twice! The first fiery take is with quartet and then later down the line Joe Lovano is added on tenor to create another harmony ( A.M.) Bill Stewarts contribution, on both takes, proves, as many know, he is one of a kind as a drummer. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW is a lyrical alto blues oriented song that allows everyone to 'let their hair down'. Bassist Gerald Cannon gets all the way down here! BODY+SOUL showcases Steve's Alto alone, joining the canon of sax players who have attempted this classic ballad as a solo piece. Done in one take, Steve references Monk, Duke, 'Bird and Ornette (twice!) within the structure of this classic song. INCEPTION came about after Slagle recently was asked to play with McCoy Tyners Quartet. This challenging McCoy composition eventually opens up into an extended minor blues. This is the first take of the date and notice the immediate empathy of all the players! I GUESS I'LL HANG MY TEARS OUT TO DRY, a beautiful ballad starting with the often forgotten verse, is given the romantic treatment here..Lawrence Fields piano mastery helps make this a shining version of a deep song. Finally Alto Manhattan ends with two flute pieces which are also very central to the sound of the record. HOLIDAY, the most thru-composed piece of the date, Slagle first wrote with harmonica master Toots Thielman in mind and dedicates this first recording of the song in memory of maestro Toots. Joe Lovanos G mezzo soprano along with the sound of the flute really takes the listener on a musical vacation. And with that, we have VIVA LA FAMALIA to end the proceedings - a jam for 2 drums, bass and the flute lead. A fresh, original first take played spontaneously at the end of this unique and outstanding recording. Yes, Viva la Famalia!! write your comments about the article :: © 2017 Jazz News :: home page |