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| SCOTT ROBINSON'S TENORMORE Wins 2019 JazzTimes Readers’ Poll For Best New Release SCOTT ROBINSON AND ARBORS RECORDS ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT SCOTT ROBINSON'S "TENORMORE" WAS VOTED BEST NEW RELEASE IN THE 2019 JazzTimes Readers' Poll I was stunned to learn yesterday that Tenormore won Best New Release in the 2019 Jazz Times Readers' Poll. First place! Wow. I want to thank the great musicians who played their hearts out on this album - Helen Sung, Martin Wind, Dennis Mackrel, and special guest Sharon Robinson - and also Rachel Domber of Arbors records, who was so supportive of this project. And all you beautiful folks who are out there listening! Also, if you are in NYC next weekend, please stop by Jazz At Kitano on Fri. or Sat. to hear me in a duo setting with the great Frank Kimbrough; Info & Tickets HERE With gratitude, Scott Tenormore has also appeared in the following "Best Of" lists: - DownBeat's "Best of 2019" - W. Royal Stokes, "10 Best New Releases of 2019" - Michael Steinman's 14 notable 2019 releases, Jazz Lives - Ralph Miriello's top ten "Best of Jazz 2019, " Notes On Jazz - Tom Cunniffe, 12 "Best instrumental CDs" - Dan Bilawsky's Top Ten list, JazzTimes What The Press Has To Say About Tenormore: The range of expression that Robinson is capable of eliciting from a single horn… is astounding. Scott Robinson may take instrumental variegation to a level unsurpassed in this music, but that shouldn't diminish his position as a tenor saxophonist of note. In that most crowded of fields, he still stands out. (4 ˝ stars) -Dan Bilawsky, All About Jazz Introducing Scott in a festival a few years ago, I mentioned that his tenor playing had reached a level where he was overshadowing better-known players who were winning polls. Since then, his name comes up more and more frequently in the tenor sax division… -Doug Ramsey of Rifftides (liner notes) Impassioned playing from Robinson, always in control and yet stretching his sound and tone towards the edge of what's possible. -Mark McKergow, LondonJazz News Robinson kicks it all off in daring fashion… he swings effortlessly and delivers a singing quality… while also incorporating some unconventional twists… A winning set (4 stars) -Bill Milkowski, DownBeat A horn that old has a patina. So does Robinson's sound... Robinson may tailor each note in a line, varying its thickness, tone, vibrato or volume. He knows the tenor's emotional range too, wounded cry to soothing consolation, even in a single phrase. A student of its overtones, he may slide into a split-tone passage reminiscent of Tibetan throat singing. Or he'll leap into the altissimo register… to play a single grace note, or whole high-wire passages (4 ˝ stars) -Kevin Whitehead, The Audio Beat write your comments about the article :: © 2020 Jazz News :: home page |