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Karl Silveira: A Porta Aperta
BySilveira boasts a fifteen-year career as a freelance trombonist. So why the wait for the debut? And does it matter? No, of course not, especially since he has come up with a beautiful and distinctive group sound, the saxophones and trombone pairings reminiscent of late period Sonny Rollins. Juno Award Winner Au on alto saxophone rotates in and out of the line-up on seven of the nine "sax tunes" presented here. David French plays tenor saxophone when Au steps out. The curse of many debut recordingswavering focus and lack of continuity of mood and soundare avoided via Silveira's always engaging and unorthodox compositional style and his superb arrangements. He does not claim Herbie Hancock's pen as an influence, but the veteran pianist/composer's Speak Like A Child (Blue Note, 1968) occasionally comes to mind as A Porta Aperta spins, and J.J. Johnson's Blue Trombone (Columbia, 1957) does the same when Silveira goes with the quartet line-up on a couple of numbers.
A Porta Aperta, a polished, remarkable, superbly-played jazz sound coming out of Toronto. .
Track Listing
Nymark Plaza; Perimeter; Hunch; A Porta Aperta; Trip the Light, Fantastic; Far; Shimmy; Rye And Lilacs; A Serretinha Em Julho.
Personnel
Karl Silveira
tromboneAllison Au
saxophone, altoDavid French
saxophoneChris Pruden
pianoDan Fortin
bass, acousticNico Dann
drumsAlbum information
Title: A Porta Aperta | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Self Produced
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