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Red and Gold by Jimmy Haslip
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Album Title: ARCeology: The Music of MSM Schmidt
Label: Blue Canoe Records
Released: 2022
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About the Album
For the past several years, former Yellowjackets bassist and prolific producer Jimmy Haslip has enjoyed an ongoing working relationship with the Bremen, Germany-based jazz fusion keyboardist and composer Michael Schmidt (aka MSM Schmidt). While Haslip played on Schmidt’s 2007 album Transit and 2009’s Destination, he ended up co-producing 2012’s Evolution, 2015’s Utopia and 2017’s Life. They take their chemistry to new heights on ARCeology: The Music of MSM Schmidt. This dynamic offering finds Haslip and members of his ARC Trio (keyboardist Scott Kinsey and Hungarian drummer Gergö Borlai) joining forces with the GRAMMY® Award-winning John Daversa Big Band on greatly expanded versions of previously recorded Schmidt material, along with two brand new pieces composed by Kinsey and Schmidt. The result is a powerhouse collection of polished, swaggering big band fusion along the lines of the Jaco Pastorius Big Band or The Brecker Brothers’ 2003 collaboration with the WDR Big Band Köln on Some Skunk Funk. “I wanted to see if I could make this a big band record but somehow make it different,” said Haslip. “I didn’t think it should sound like a vintage big band recording. I wanted it to sound modern and have more of an edge, which is what led me to include guest soloists like Nguyên Lê, Mike Miller, Steve Khan, Oz Noy and others. They bring progressive elements into the big band setting and add compelling ideas to each song.”
Tracks
Red and Gold; Swing; Quartet; Qin Shi; Si Kitu; Mirrors; Clark Kent; Falling,
Personnel
Jimmy Haslip
bassScott Kinsey
keyboardsGergo Borlai
drumsJohn Daversa
trumpetSteve Khan
guitarNguyen Le
guitar, electricMike Miller
guitarOz Noy
guitar, electricBrian Auger
organ, Hammond B3Mer Sal
vocalsSeamus Blake
saxophone, tenorSteve Tavaglione
woodwindsKatisse Buckingham
fluteJudd Miller
electronicsReviews
- ARCeology: The Music of MSM Schmidt by Jim Worsley
Date featured
May 25, 2022
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