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Slow Burn by Metropolitan Jazz Octet
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Album Title: The Bowie Project
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023
Duration: 01:00:00
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About the Album
Chicago's Metropolitan Jazz Octet partners with the acclaimed vocalist Paul Marinaro to create an inspired tribute to the durability and pure magic of David Bowie’s songwriting legacy. Reinterpreting without replicating, due in no small part to Marinaro’s riveting vocals paired with creative arrangements, the octet palette reveals transparency and intimacy, coaxing nuanced colors more indicative of a larger orchestra, laying out an inventive complement to Bowie’s lyrics. The MJO was originally founded in the '50s by saxophonist/arranger Tom Hilliard and documented first in 1959's 'The Legend of Bix' on Argo Records. Its re-awakening in 2014 by Hilliard's former student, Jim Gailloreto, extends the rich legacy of Hilliard's library of compositions and devotion to this elegant chamber ensemble.
Tracks
Slow Burn; 5:15 The Angels Have Gone; Changes; Letter to Hermione; Space Oddity; Let’s Dance; Stay; Quicksand; I Would Be Your Slave; Conversation Piece; Life on Mars?.
Personnel
Metropolitan Jazz Octet
band / ensemble / orchestra
Paul Marinaro
vocalsJohn Kornegay
saxophone, altoPeter Brusen
saxophone, baritoneDoug Scharf
trumpetRuss Phillips
tromboneBob Sutter
piano
Mike Freeman
vibraphoneDoug Bistrow
bass, acousticBob Rummage
drumsBen Lewis
piano
Jim Gailloreto
saxophoneReviews
- The Bowie Project by Paul Reynolds
Date featured
February 10, 2023
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