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| 1. | Beautiful Love
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| 2. | Bemsha Swing
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| 3. | How Deep Is The Ocean
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| 4. | Giant Steps
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| 5. | Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
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| 6. | East Of The Sun
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| 7. | Well You Needn't
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Jazz / Jazz-Pop; Contemporary Jazz
Recorded and mixed by PAT STOREY at Audio Lab, Boise, Idaho
Tracks 1,3,6
Brent Jensen (alto saxophone)
Jamie Findlay (guitar)
Zac Matthews (bass instrument)
Tracks 2,4,5,7
Brent Jensen (alto saxophone)
Doug Miller (bass instrument)
John Bishop (drums)
"A saxophonist of impressive range, from mainstream to free."
---Doug Ramsey, JazzTimes
For his fourth recording on Origin, Brent Jensen takes a cue from his old mentor Lee Konitz and explores the intimate world of the trio. Here he combines with two rhythm sections of long-time collaborators: guitarist Jamie Findlay and bassist Zac Matthews of the Los Angeles-based Acoustic Jazz Quartet, and bassist Doug Miller and drummer John Bishop from Seattle's New Stories. From the intimate interplay of Beautiful Love to the raucous second-line groove of Bemsha Swing, Trios presents 7 reinterpreted standards by "a saxophonist of impressive range, from mainstream to free." (Doug Ramsey, JazzTimes).
What can be done with a basic jazz trio? Brent Jensen appears to be setting out specifically to answer that question on his fourth album on Origin. With his alto sax he combines with portions of two existing Origin bands: guitarist Jamie Findlay and bassist Zac Matthews of the Acoustic Jazz Quartet on half of the tracks, and bassist Doug Miller and drummer (and label founder) John Bishop of New Stories on the alternating half. The trios make a show of it, working through a mix largely of older standards with the AJQ lineup (Irving Berlin, Vic Young, Brooks Bowman) and some more forward-thinking pieces with the New Stories lineup (Monk and Coltrane). As such, the tone of the album shifts back and forth a bit, but with almost a full alternation of style from track to track. Both sides of the picture are clear and fine ultimately. The more restrained tracks give Jensen and the others a chance to show off some relaxed, nightclub-vibe solos and call and response. The Monk and Coltrane tracks on the other hand build a slow-cooked groove, powerfully accentuated by Bishop's drums (made even more explicit by the lack of a drummer on the other half of the tracks), that builds to a crescendo of solos and bouncing melodic lines. Perhaps not as smooth as some of his previous work, but Trios shows off another side of Jensen's abilities.
---Adam Greenberg, allmusic |
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