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

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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