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Persiflage

Matthew Steckler

Label: Innova Recordings
Released: 2005
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Tracks

March Nor'easter; Hitting The Windshield; Persiflage; Episodio Pa' Osmany; Ring On Delhi; Turbulent Life Seekers; Spitfire; Mallard Call In The Cain Fields; Unknown Rebel; Country Rake Fight.

Personnel

Additional Personnel / Information

Curtis Fowlkes: trombone; Lonnie Plaxico: bass; Matt Steckler: saxophone; Michael Cain: piano; Pheeroan Aklaff: drums.

Album Description

Matt Steckler Persiflage By Nate Dorward Published Apr 01, 2006 Saxophonist Matt Steckler is best known as the leader of the Mingus-goes-punk sextet the Dead Cat Bounce. Persiflage, his solo debut, features a classy New York rhythm section (Michael Cain, Lonnie Plaxico, Pheeroan akLaff) and has a more orthodox sound than the DCB, but Stecklers passionate delivery and splendidly warped sensibility make this still a pretty heady brew. His tunes often seem to be trying to weave together two grooves simultaneously, achieving a strange combination of forward momentum and self-contradiction: "Unknown Rebel, for instance, starts as Dolphy arabesques then becomes a blues that never comfortably settles into major or minor, while "Country Rake Fight has a witty self-consuming opening that blossoms into a monster one-chord jam. Cains lucid but slightly offbeat piano solos and the stellar rhythm section work provide an ideal setting for Steckler; trombonist Curtis Fowlkes pops up for a few excellent cameos, too. The results are one of the best small group jazz discs of the past year. (Innova)