Description
Scott Robinson showcases his formidable jazz artistry on the tenor saxophone.
Tenormore, the album title that is also the name of the final tune, has a couple of meanings, according to Scott: 'It continues the idea of 'Tenor Eleven' and 'Tenor Twelve,' but in a more complex way. The piece is structured in ten-bar sections, each followed by an indeterminate number of additional bars, (i.e., 'ten or more'). The drums provide the extra, open, bars during the composed parts.
Featuring:
Scott Robinson: tenor saxophone
Helen Sung: piano/Hammond B3 organ (7, 9)
Dennis Mackrel: drums
Martin Wind: string bass/acoustic bass guitar (9, 10)
Special Guest on The Weaver (8):Sharon Robinson: flute
Reviews coming inJazzTimes and other publications
''Tenormore, the vibrant new album by saxophonist Scott Robinson, is the story of a beautiful friendship between a man and his horn...''
Michael Roberts
JAZZIZ MAGAZINE
After decades of demonstrating his facility on virtually of the reed instruments, Scott Robinson decided to put together an album that makes a clear statement: ''I'm still a tenor player at the core.'' And that statement comes across loud and clear on this quartet date, though his eclecticism comes through in other ways, notably in his arrangements: the Beatles ballad ''And I Love Her'' performed as an unaccompanied sax solo; the Tin Pan Alley classic 'Put on a Happy Face' arranged as a ballad; ''The Nearness of You'' cast as organ-driven quiet-storm bedroom funk; the deeply gospel-informed 'Rainy River' (written by Robinson's drummer here, Martin Wind). Robinson's originals are interesting in their own ways: ''Tenor Eleven'' sounds like bebop as written by Hindemith, while the title track is funkier and more experimental, though never completely out. Overall, this is an album that would find a welcome home in any library's jazz collection.
Rick Anderson
CD HotList: New Releases for Libraries
Track Listing
- And I Love Her
- Tenor Eleven
- Put On A Happy Face
- Morning Star
- The Good Life
- Tenor Twelve
- Rainy River
- The Weaver
- The Nearness Of You
- Tenormore
Additional Details
Label: Arbors
Genre: Jazz
Language: English
Run Time: 66:32 mins
Region: 0
Release Date: 04/05/19
UPC: 780941146226
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