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Wake Up Call by Michael Dease

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Album Title: The Other Shoe: The Music of Gregg Hill
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2023

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Perennial DownBeat Critics Poll winner, trombonist Michael Dease has embraced his role as a torchbearer for his mentors and the great jazz ancestors over his 15 deeply-swinging, state-of-the-art mainstream recordings. For 'The Other Shoe,' Dease teams with the formidable composer Gregg Hill, expanding his rhythmic & harmonic palette with a flexible, in-the-moment perspective while remaining true to the sensibilities at his musical core. With the prodigiously talented pianist Geoffrey Keezer as a central foil, Dease brings along a wide-ranging collection of musicians, each specifically brought in for their unique outlooks and talents, including clarinetist Virginia MacDonald, Liany Mateo on bass, and drummer Colleen Clark, among others.

Tracks

Wake Up Call; Scooter's Dream; Hello, Blues; The Goodbye Blues; The Sleeper; The Classic; Rio Mio; Summer Nights; Shorty's Tune; The Other Shoe.

Personnel

Additional Personnel

Michael Dease: baritone saxophone (4, 7, 10), perc (4); Luther Allison: piano (4, 7, 8), Fender Rhodes (10); Rodney Whitaker: bass (3); Kevin Jones, Gwendolyn Dease: percussion (5,7,10); Joel Perez: trombone (4, 7).

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• The Other Shoe: The Music of Gregg Hill by Jerome Wilson

Date featured

March 1, 2023

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