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Bob Stata: Get This
ByConsistently expanding and contracting, Stewart's broad and slightly nasal sound always gives the impression of reaching for something, yet it never sounds strained. Riding on Stata's rock-solid foundation, he purposefully strides through the changes of "Concedaration. The tenor saxophonist balances long, tightly knit lines and swelling phrases, often leaving space for Melito's chomping fills. Although never indulging in histrionics, there's a pleading quality to Stewart's solo on a ballad treatment of "Darn That Dream, where he moves between impassioned double time passages and eloquent short cries.
Not unlike his playing on the rest of the record, Dino Losito's turn on Thad Jones' sly "Lady Luck puts together ideas in a continuum devoid of clutter. Losito's touch at the keyboard is firm, yet it has an elastic, even soft characteristic; his rhythmic sensibility accommodates a relaxed feeling in the midst of a stable core.
In addition to his impeccable support of the ensemble and soloists, Stata takes several solos. A single chorus in the middle of the band's temperate version of Charlie Parker's "Quasimodo is typical: every note gets its due as he spins an easygoing, uncomplicated yarn, gently swinging over Melito's softly sweeping brushwork.
Track Listing
Concedaration; Lady Luck; Get This; Until Then; Second Time Around; Quasimodo; Darn That Dream; Something In Common.
Personnel
Bob Stata
bass, acousticBob Stata: bass; Grant Stewart: tenor saxophone; Dino Losito: piano; Mike Melito: drums.
Album information
Title: Get This | Year Released: 2007 | Record Label: Ilikai Music
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About Bob Stata
Instrument: Bass, acoustic
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