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Noah Preminger: Genuinity
ByAlso heard on those three previous discs was bassist Kim Cass who recently worked on pianist Matt Mitchell's A Pouting Grimace (Pi Recordings, 2017), along with drummer Dan Weiss, a leader in his own right and a mainstay in groups led by Rudresh Mahanthappa, David Binney, and Miles Okazaki, to name just a few.
The disc opens with a brief and decadent saxophone solo "Halfway To Hartford," only to detonate into a hyper-drive post-bop quartet high wire exercise. The music seems to fend off any musician that might consider sitting in with this quartet. That vigor is displayed throughout, as with "Walking On Eggshells," where a conversation between saxophone, trumpet, and drums has each player eager to remark and respond to the other's soloing. All the music on Genuinity was written by Preminger and wholly embraced by the quartet. "TS And Her Spirit" is powered by a funky drum line and interlaced horns, which allows Cass the freedom to interact with Preminger, preaching the gospel of his bass. This ongoing conversation is the foundation of Preminger's music, whether it is weaving a desolate web as on "Mad Town" or surrendering as on "My Blues For You," his tone is that of an old soul and his foundation in the blues is unassailable. He leaves us with "Acknowledgement," which travels from Lester Young to John Coltrane with acknowledgement to Joe Henderson and Joe Lovano. In short, Preminger continues to state the case that he belongs at the table with today's blue-chip tenor players.
Track Listing
Halfway To Hartford; The Genuine One; Mad Town ; TS And Her Spirit; AH; My Blues For You; Nashua; Walking On Eggshells; Acknowledgement.
Personnel
Noah Preminger
saxophone, tenorNoah Preminger: tenor saxophone; Jason Palmer: trumpet; Kim Cass: bass; Dan Weiss: drums.
Album information
Title: Genuinity | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Criss Cross
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Instrument: Saxophone, tenor
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