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Jane Ira Bloom: Early Americans
ByFor Early Americans, the piano disappears, and Bloom goes with the trio approach: soprano, bass and drums.
Where Sixteen Sunsets brimmed with a nuanced majestygorgeous familiar ballads, with a generous sprinkling of inspired originals, laid down by the most adept quartet craftsmanship, with Dominic Falacaro on piano, anchored by drummer Matt Wilson and bassist Cameron Brown, Early Americans, with its more spacious trio approach, has a feeling of fun and loose-limbed spontaneity. In a set of Bloom originalswith the exception of Leonard Bernstein's "Somewhere" closing out the discthe music has an elasticity and bounce, and freedom afforded by the lack of a chording instrument. It's also an odd mix of edgy funkiness combined with a spiritually-tinged exploratory verve.
"Song Patrol" opens the set with a joyful ebullience, as Bobby Previte's drums and Mark Helias' bass bounce around Bloom's fluid soprano. Most reviews of Bloom's work mention the beauty of her tone. It is here and is, as always, exquisitepure, vibrato-less sonic gold. "Nearly (for Kenny Wheeler)" features Bloom unaccompanied, sounding as if she's on a religious pilgrimage. "Hips and Sticks" shuffles and sizzles and rattles on down the road; "Singing The Triangle" seems like a zen poem inside an insistent groove.
Bernstein's "Somewhere," with Bloom alone with her horn, is unadorned lovelinessa straightforward rendering of one of the most beautiful melodies, closing out another of Jane Ira Bloom's first-rate recordings.
Track Listing
Song Patrol; Dangerous Times; Nearly (For Kenny Wheeler); Hips & Sticks; Singing the Triangle; Other Eyes; Rhyme or Rhythm; Mind Gray River; Cornets of Paradise; Say More; Gateway to Progress; Big Bill; Somewhere.
Personnel
Jane Ira Bloom
saxophone, sopranoJane Ira Bloom: soprano saxophone; Mark Helias: bass; Bobby Previte: drums.
Album information
Title: Early Americans | Year Released: 2016 | Record Label: Outline
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About Jane Ira Bloom
Instrument: Saxophone, soprano
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