SteveTurre: Rainbow People
ByTurre dedicates "Brother Ray" to Ray Charles with a big blues mood that simmers nice and slow in its comfortable rhythmic juices. His program crosses generations with a splash. Trumpeter Sean Jones gives "Midnight in Madrid" the sparkle of a classical Spanish accent while alto saxophonist Kenny Garrett adds in-your-face musical bullets to Charlie Parker's "Segment." Opening with the title track, Turre emphasizes jazz' modern mainstream sources through close contact with syncopated melody and bruising groove. As he closes with a dedication to the late saxophonist Mario Rivera, Turre and Garrett send out melodic postcards over a sizzling rhythmic foundation with a steady heartbeat folded in by conguero Pedro Martinez. This enthusiastic Latin jazz closer, enhanced by Turre's conch shell solo at song's end, sends a message: jazz isn't just for a small segment of the listening public; it's for everyone.
Track Listing
Rainbow People; Forward Vision; Brother Ray; Groove Blues; Midnight in Madrid; Cleopatra
Personnel
Steve Turre: trombone, conch shells (9); Kenny Garrett: alto saxophone (1, 4, 8, 9); Sean Jones: trumpet (5), flugelhorn (2, 9); Mulgrew Miller: piano, electric piano (6); Peter Washington: double bass; Ignacio Berroa: drums; Pedro Martinez: percussion (9).
Album information
Title: Rainbow People | Year Released: 2008 | Record Label: HighNote Records
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Instrument: Trombone
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