1.Hand to Mouth [6:19]
2. Nastissimo [5:18]
3. One for Louis [5:16]
4. Modal Tune [6:58]
5. Contradiction [2:36]
6. Sixth Finger
7. In Dedication
8. Change of Course [8:03]
9. Crescent Mood [5:29]
10. Cascading [4:21]
Total time: [59:08]
The Gregg August Sextet: John Bailey :Trumpet
& Flugelhorn (10), Myron Walden :Alto
& Soprano Saxophone (10), Stacy Dillard:
Tenor Saxophone (2,3,4,5,6), Yosvany Terry:
Tenor Saxophone (1,4,6,9,10) & Shekeré
(4,10), Luis Perdomo: Piano, Gregg August:
Bass & Extra Percussion (5), Ej Strickland:
Drums, Mike Lowenstern: Bass Clarinet (10).
All music composed by Gregg August.
Recorded November 13th & 14th,
2006 at Kaleidoscope Sound, Union City, New
Jersey, USA.
This is the second album
from Brooklyn based Bassist Gregg August following
his debut album Late August which was
voted Album of the Year 2005. In that he recorded
9 of his own pieces whilst the present disc
presents another 10 original compositions.
One is immediately gripped by the professional
nature of the works and the superb musicians
he has enlisted to air them. The music is
hard driven, exciting and completely original
in concept with many surprises along the way
as you never know what’s coming next. Modern
Jazz is more than safe when there are musicians
such as him around and we can expect to hear
a lot from him in the future. I have only
one plea to make to him and that is to include
some standards from The Great American Songbook
in future albums as it would be marvellous
to hear how this wonderful ensemble deals
with some of the perennials in the jazz pantheon
of all time great tunes. Thoroughly recommended!
Steve Arloff
CD Reviews
Iacuessa Records IACU2944.
