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GenerationsOpis:Product Description In his 50th year alto saxophonist Martin Speake celebrates by releasing his second recording on his own label. Following on from 2007's completely improvised duo recording with percussionist Mark Sanders Speake has chosen to record standard songs in a quartet featuring Barry Green on piano, Dave Green on bass and Jeff Williams on drums. The band developed from weekly gigs in London over the past two years with Martin, Barry and Jeff and various bass players. These residencies enabled the group to perform a vast amount of repertoire including many standard songs, original compositions, Charlie Parker and Ornette Coleman tunes and free playing. More importantly they developed a band sound that was finally completed with the addition of bassist Dave Green.

The music on the recording features 'standard' tunes with "Melancholy Baby" the oldest at nearly 100 years old and "All The Way" being the most recent, written 50 years ago. The band plays them as if they were their own original compositions, reinventing the forms with spontaneity and melodic and rhythmic imagination.

Personnel: Martin Speake (alto saxophone), Barry Green (piano), Dave Green (double bass), Jeff Williams (drums) Review 'My Melancholy Baby' neatly exemplifies the originality and freshness of the quartet's approach...the band's cohesiveness and individual prowess impress. -- The Vortex (CD Reviews), (Chris Parker), July 2008...played by the swingingest cool-school band I've heard in years...

Speake's alto saxophone sound triangulates Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman and Paul Desmond. -- The Independent on Sunday, (Phil Johnson), July 13, 2008Bop classic Donna Lee starts as a private reflection, and gets positively raucous before sax and piano share a spiky dialogue. -- The Guardian, (John Fordham), June 27, 2008Outstanding. You can't ask for much more a perfect marriage between tradition and modernity than this collection... -- The Independent on Sunday, (Phil Johnson), July 13, 2008Played with great charm and affection by four excellent musicians...a fine and emotional record. Serious fun. -- Jazzwise, (Duncan Heining), August 2008Speake's an immensely stylish player whose cool lyricism suits the songs...delivered with panache and plenty of ideas. -- Yorkshire Post, (Andrew Vine), June 27, 2008Autor:Martin SpeakeNośnik:Audio CDPłyt:Język: Data wydania: 2008-12-18Waga: 0.18 gramWysokość: 0.6 cmSzerokość: 5 cmDługość: 5.6 cmNew Store StockUWAGA: Kupując produkt na tej aukcji zgadzasz się na wydłużony termin realizacji wysyłki (10-14 dni roboczych). Podany towar pochodzi z zagranicznego magazynu, stąd wydłużony czas realizacji który podany jest obok.