Jazz / Cool; Hard Bop
Recorded March 29, 2002 at the BAKERY, North Hollywood, CA
Brent Jensen - Sax (Alto)
David Sills - Sax (Tenor), Producer
Dean Koba - Drums
Zac Matthews - Bass
Following the critical and commercial success of his recent "The Sound of a Dry Martini," alto saxophonist Brent Jensen presents "Stay Cool." Teaming with Los Angeles-based tenor player David Sills and his compatriots from "Martini," bassist Zac Matthews and drummer Dean Koba, they planned Stay Cool as a homage to the work of Lennie Tristano, but the scope evolved into an examination of cool from early Lester Young on through the cool/West Coast sounds of Tristano, Konitz, Lanny Morgan, and Gerry Mulligan. If listeners ever thought of cool as dated music, Stay Cool informs them otherwise; in many ways, this brand of cool is the music of the next minute.
Taken from the liner notes by Jeff Fox, host for NPR’s JazzWorks |
