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| 1. | Wind Dance
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| 2. | Pourquoi Pas?
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| 3. | Struttin' with Some Barbeque
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| 4. | When She Looks at Me
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| 5. | Big Nick
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| 6. | In the Tradition of Switzerland
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| 7. | Berne Burn
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| 8. | Pourquoi Pas?
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| 9. | The Town I Love
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Jazz
George Gruntz - Piano, Leader, Arranger, Piano (Electric)
Alex Sipiagin - Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Andy Neresheimer Engineer
Arthur Cohn Author
Chris Hunter Sax (Alto), Flute, Sax (Soprano)
Chris Von Rautenkranz Mastering
Dave Bergeron Euphonium, Trombone
Donny McCaslin Sax (Tenor), Sax (Soprano), Clarinet
Earl McIntyre Trombone (Bass)
Gary Valente Trombone
Howard Johnson Clarinet (Bass), Penny Whistle, Tuba, Sax (Baritone)
John Riley Drums
Kenny Rampton Trumpet, Flugelhorn
Larry Schneider Sax (Tenor)
Marvin Stamm Flugelhorn, Trumpet
Peter Burli Executive Producer
Peter Schmidlin Executive Producer
Sal Giorgianni Sax (Alto), Flute, Sax (Tenor)
Scott Yanow Liner Notes
Tatum Greenblatt Flugelhorn, Trumpet
It's safe to say that when George Gruntz founded his Concert Jazz Band back in 1972, few people predicted that the Swiss pianist would still be leading his post-bop orchestra 35 years later. Big bands, after all, carry a much higher overhead than small groups, which means that the vast majority of post-bop artists will never lead big bands -- and even if they do, it's likely to be a one-album affair rather than something that lasts for decades. But thankfully, Gruntz' Concert Jazz Band was still going strong in 2007, the year in which Pourquoi Pas? Why Not? was recorded. This 70-minute CD, like many of Gruntz' releases, is very much a team effort and is easily recognizable as a Concert Jazz Band recording; nonetheless, there is plenty of room for soloists to stretch out -- and contributors to this 2007 edition of the Concert Jazz Band include Marvin Stamm on trumpet, Alexander Sipiagin on flugelhorn, Larry Schneider and Donny McCaslin on tenor sax, and Chris Hunter on alto sax, soprano sax, and flute. Highlights of this excellent album range from an exciting version of John Coltrane's "Big Nick" to two arrangements of Swiss classical composer Robert Suter's "Pourquoi Pas?" to Gruntz' "In the Tradition of Switzerland" (which is based on the traditional Swiss folk song "Vreneli Vom Guggisberg"). Equally memorable is an arrangement of Lil Hardin Armstrong's "Struttin' with Some Barbeque," which is usually heard in Dixieland, classic jazz, and swing settings but works perfectly well as post-bop. Gruntz turned 75 in 2007, and the engaging Pourquoi Pas? Why Not? makes one glad that the Concert Jazz Band was still a high priority for him after many years. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide
George Gruntz
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: Jun 24, 1932 in Basel, Switzerland
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Modern Creative, Post-Bop, Progressive Big Band, Progressive Jazz
George Gruntz's Concert Jazz Band, an orchestra that sticks to originals by bandmembers (both past and present) and the leader's arrangements, has long been one of the most stimulating of all jazz big bands. Gruntz, a fine pianist, played locally in Switzerland and then debuted in the United States when he appeared with Marshall Brown's International Youth Band at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival. His trio in Europe accompanied touring American musicians in the 1960s including Dexter Gordon and Rahsaan Roland Kirk, and formed three-quarters of Phil Woods' adventurous European Rhythm Machine (1968-1969). Gruntz recorded in many different settings, including with the Swiss All-Stars, a four-flute septet, and with Mideast musicians and Jean-Luc Ponty on 1967's Noon in Tunisia. In 1972, he formed the Concert Jazz Band, which through the years has featured a who's who of top musicians including Benny Bailey, Woody Shaw, Franco Ambrosetti, Dexter Gordon, Herb Geller, Phil Woods, Eddie Daniels, Ray Anderson, Lew Soloff, Chris Hunter, Bob Mintzer, and many other Americans and Europeans; they typically toured twice a year and even performed in China. Gruntz has also recorded with smaller groups, and in the '90s and 2000s, his records have been released by Enja and TCB.
---Scott Yanow, All Music Guide |
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