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Noah Preminger: Contemptment
ByWith Contemptment Preminger comes back to the quartet format with his longtime bassist Kim Cass and the return of drummer Dan Weiss, but Palmer's trumpet is replaced by the guitar of Max Light. The music swaps sparring for a consensual dance and this may be a better way to display the immense talent Preminger possesses. The disc opens with "The Late 90s," as homage to the state of jazz at the close of the 20th century where Preminger and Light have clothed themselves in the sounds of Mark Turner and Kurt Rosenwinkel. From there the quartet explores every possible time signature with "Hygge," performing a kind of musical chairs with tempo. "Kamaguchi," most likely written for bassist Masa Kamaguchi, opens with the gentlest guitar phrases of Light before Preminger and Cass perambulate a most charming melody together. The gentleness continues with a cover of the Red Hot Chili Pepper's "Porcelain," where Preminger's breathy tenor floats over the atmospherics created by Weiss and Light. The title track finds a very busy rhythm section unable to disturb the selfpossessed tenor man. Sonny Sharrock's "Promises Kept, the final track, opens with an amazing Preminger solo flight before the quartet engages in a most crafty and (can we say 'comforting'?) swing. Sounds like they could have danced all night.
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The Late 90s; Hygge; Kamaguchi; Hamburg; Porcelain; Hey J.; Contemptment; Promised Kept.
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Title: Contemptment | Year Released: 2020 | Record Label: SteepleChase Records
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