Robin Eubanks Mass Line Big Band

Robin Eubanks Mass Line Big Band: More Than Meets The Ear

by Hrayr Attarian
January 6, 2016

Trombonist Robin Eubanks is well known for his versatility and inventiveness. It is no surprise, therefore, that his first big band recording, More Than Meets The Ear, is an innovative and engaging work of mainstream jazz. Various influences, across genres, infuse the intricately crafted music that, despite its precise orchestration brims with energetic spontaneity. The cinematic “Cross Currents," for instance, features perfectly timed exchanges of intriguing phrases between the brass and the woodwinds. All the while an undercurrent ...