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| 1. | Phantom Dance
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| 2. | Alligator Strut
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| 3. | Wave
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| 4. | Slightly off Course
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| 5. | Life & Times
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| 6. | Marcel Marceau
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| 7. | Blues for Now
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| 8. | Groundsurge
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| 9. | Hooking Up
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| 10. | Sneaking Suspicion
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Jazz / Post-Bop; Hard Bop
Recorded December 5-6, 2005 in 96kHz 24 bit audio.
The Band
This is Anton's first quintet offering. His three prior CDs were in the classic quartet format of sax-piano-bass-drums; here he adds a guitar to the lineup, making full use of the possibilities it affords. The band includes two longtime bandmates of Anton's: John Shifflett on bass (played on The Slow Lane and When Music Calls) and Tim Bulkley on drums (played on Holiday Time).
On piano is Taylor Eigsti, a stunningly mature and ferociously talented twenty-one-year-old who has been a frequent collaborator of Anton's over the past five years. Taylor released Lucky To Be Me in 2006, his debut recording for Concord Records, featuring Christian McBride, Lewis Nash, James Genus and Billy Kilson.
Joining Anton on the front line is guitarist Peter Bernstein. Peter has made his mark in jazz in his long associations with artists such as Joshua Redman, Lou Donaldson and Diana Krall, as well as the trio he has co-led for many years with Larry Goldings and Bill Stewart. Peter and Anton played together growing up in New York in the 1980's, so this CD marks a reunion for them.
This band was featured in December 2005 on NPR's JazzSet with Dee Dee Bridgewater.
The Music
The ten tunes on Radiant Blue are all variants of the classic blues form -- nine originals by Schwartz and an unusual arragement of the Jobim composition "Wave". The blues form, a sequence of chords twelve measures long, is the structure underlying many of the great songs of blues, jazz, and rock music. Despite its name, the blues form is not particular to blues music, and this CD is not a blues CD -- in fact, most of the tunes wouldn't even be called "bluesy". Rather, the styles span a wide gamut: fast straight ahead jazz; New Orleans second line; afro-samba; angular funk; relaxed swing; feel-good South African; greasy shuffle. Likewise, the forms and the harmony are playfully varied from tune to tune -- several tunes have a bridge or an additional section, and almost all have altered harmony of one sort or another.
Anton Schwartz - tenor sax
Peter Bernstein - guitar
Taylor Eigsti - piano
John Shifflett - bass
Tim Bulkley - drums |
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