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| 1. | Man of Many Colors
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| 2. | Little Minor Love Song
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| 3. | Dizzy Spells-Jay Walking
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| 4. | Blues In The Day
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| 5. | Scottish Folk Song
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| 6. | Blame It On My Mouth
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| 7. | Love For Sale
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| 8. | Breakdown
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Jazz
Recorded: April 8, 2008, Koger Hall, University of South Carolina
Walt Weiskopf - tenor saxophone, liner notes
Renee Rosnes - piano
Paul Gill - bass
Tony Reedus - drums
W. Weiskopf led a quartet with pianist Renee Rosnes, bassist Paul Gill and drummer Tony Reedus in the spring of 2008 at the University of South Carolina. Although the band knew it was being recorded, it was initially intended for archival needs, rather than a commercial release. Around the time that the tenor saxophonist realized how good the performances were from this concert, Reedus collapsed and died from an embolism upon his return from a European tour in November 2008. The quartet is at its very best throughout this concert, as they bring life to Weiskopf's compositions with their brilliant improvising and on-the-money accompaniment. The two standards include an expressive "Blame It on My Youth" featuring Weiskopf's powerful solo, along with a light-hearted, breezy "Love For Sale." Aside from the traditional "Scottish Folk Song" (introduced by the leader with Gill playing arco), played at a loping, nostalgic tempo, the remaining tracks are primarily Weiskopf's compositons. One exception is Rosnes' brilliant "Dizzy Spells" (a delicious reworking of the late trumpeter's "Con Alma"), which is combined in a medley with an extended workout of Weiskopf's "Jay Walking." Other highlights include the tricky, constantly shifting "Blues in the Day"and the turbulent post-bop vehicle "Breakdown." Highly recommended!
---Ken Dryden, Rovi
Walt Weiskopf
Active Decades: '80s, '90s and '00s
Born: 1959 in Augusta, GA
Genre: Jazz
Styles: Post-Bop, Straight-Ahead Jazz
A potent tenor saxophonist and composer firmly in the tradition of John Coltrane & Sonny Rollins, Walt Weiskopf was born in Augusta, GA, and grew up in Syracuse, NY. Upon moving to New York City, he joined the Buddy Rich Big Band in 1981 at the age of 21; two years later, Weiskopf signed on with the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra, concurrently forming his own quartet with brother Joel on trumpet, Jay Anderson on bass, and Jeff Hirshfeld on drums. His debut, Exact Science, appeared in 1989, followed a year later by Mindwalking; Simplicity, released in 1992, topped the European jazz charts for four weeks. After 1993's A World Away, Weiskopf for the first time departed from original compositions to record 1995's Night Lights, a collection of standards; 1997's Song for My Mother, however, returned his own material to the forefront. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, Weiskopf and fellow Eastman alum Ramon Ricker teamed in 1990 to write the books -Coltrane: A Player's Guide to His Harmony and -The Augmented Scale in Jazz; in 1994, Weiskopf also published -Intervalic Improvisation, a player's guide for broadening the scope of modern jazz improvisation. In 1996, he joined drummer Rick Hollander's quartet, and as a headliner returned in 1999 with Anytown. Siren was issued a year later.
---Jason Ankeny, Rovi |
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