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| 1. | Funky Straight
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| 2. | A Ride to the Other Side
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| 3. | Mac Daddy Grip
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| 4. | Be One
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| 5. | Bugabug
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| 6. | God's Gift
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| 7. | Lazara
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| 8. | Just a Touch
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| 9. | Of Infinity
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Jazz
Anthony Wonsey - Piano
Derrick Gardner - Flugelhorn, Producer, Trumpet
Donald Edwards - Drums
Kevin Kaiser - Percussion
P.J. Yinger - Art Direction, Design
Rob Dixon - Producer, Sax (Tenor)
Rodney Whitaker - Bass
Vincent Gardner - Trombone
Derrick Gardner listens to the musical voices in his head. It is much to our benefit, and listening pleasure, that he pays such careful attention to these voicings. The trumpet-trombone-tenor sax sound is the heart of the sextet sound that has made his long-standing group, The Jazz Prophets, a band to enjoy...and take quite seriously. Get ready for 'A Ride to the Other Side..'
Dave Miele of Jazz Improv Magazine states that "A Ride To The Other Side.." contains some of the most exciting modern jazz you're likely to encounter. And encounter it you should. This is compelling music. The program on the disc is largely original; the front line horns are top-notch. Gardner creates something unique through a mixture of timbres, styles and textures. Michael G. Nastos of All Music Guide states "The music is exciting, enthusiastic, consistently well played by everyone, and above all, real."
* Chris Bellman - Mastering
* Gary Mielke - Engineer, Mixing, Producer
* Ken Franckling - Liner Notes
Trumpeter Derrick Gardner is clearly fond of the hard bop sound of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, and that style is somewhat modernized on this set of original mainstream jazz. Sporting a three-horn front line including his brother, trombonist Vincent Gardner, the band utilizes a resilient, sturdy swing, and exudes the joy of Blakey's latter period bands that featured such notables as Bobby Watson and David Schnitter, Terence Blanchard and Donald Harrison, and the Marsalis brothers. Rising tenor saxophonist Rob Dixon, pianist Anthony Wonsey, bassist and fellow M.S.U. Professor Of Jazz Rodney Whitaker and drummer Donald Edwards round out a stellar young but experienced large ensemble. At their hippest "Funky Straight" opens the recording, sporting a Horace Silver Latin tinge, while more in the Afro-Cuban vein, "Lazara" is a party tune with the jumping horns brimming with hot sauce and urged on by seventh wheel, hand percussionist Kevin Kaiser. Also spicy but in a traipsing samba mode, a drum solo by Edwards provides ignition for "Bugabug," featuring the brothers Gardner individually on the lead line and solo respectively. Two compositions are inspired from ideas imparted to Derrick Gardner by Frank Foster -- the pure, festive hard swing of "A Ride To The Other Side," while "Bugabug" is the other, based on a big band chart of Foster's. Wonsey's feature "God's Gift" is the modal, patient and prettiest of the tracks, while a cover of Bill Lee's ballad "Be One" shows the individualism of the trumpeter succinctly. The band collectively likes the distinctive stop-start staccato accents that Wynton Marsalis turned into a signature, as on the low-key dynamic shuffle "Mac Daddy Grip" and during the pace of the ballad "Just A Touch," established subtly by Wonsey and Whitaker. There's no filler on this CD, from the start to the finishing number "…Of Infinity," a memorable chart that could be the best of the bunch. Some Blue Note label fans may find this a trifle derivative, but that's a nit-pick. The music is exciting, enthusiastic, consistently well played by everyone, and above all, real.
---Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide |
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