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John McNeil: East Coast Cool
by Troy Collins
On East Coast Cool, trumpeter John McNeil set out to reinterpret the classic West Coast cool jazz sound of Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker's piano-less quartets. McNeil's career stretches back almost three decades, playing alongside Horace Silver, Slide Hampton, and the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra, as well as Mulligan himself. As a member of Gerry Mulligan's ...
John McNeil: East Coast Cool
by Dan McClenaghan
The music called “West Coast Cool" was well-represented by the mid-fifties Gerry Mulligan/Chet Baker Quartet, with Mulligan on the baritone saxophone and Baker on trumpet, backed by bass and drums. Working without a chording instrument--piano or guitar--was quite innovative at the time. The sound, in contrast to the sharper-edged bop of the day, had a loose, ...
John McNeil: East Coast Cool
by Jim Santella
Celebrating the piano-less quartet sound that Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker brought us over 40 years ago, trumpeter John McNeil reflects on their individual spirit with a free jazz interpretation of his own. As he applies Mulligan's arranging principles to free music, his quartet introduces a unique sound that remains both cool and intense. McNeil, 57, ...
A Blessing
Label: OmniTone
Released: 2005
Track listing: A Blessing; Folkmoot; Ram; Weiji; Abstinence; April in Reggae; The Music of Life
East Coast Cool
By John McNeil
Label: OmniTone
Released: 2005
Track listing: Deadline; A Time to Go; Brother Frank; Bernie
One Block From Planet Earth
By Mick Rossi
Label: OmniTone
Released: 2005
Track listing: 1. Page X (M. Rossi) 2. Henry and Ribsy (M. Rossi) 3. I Gotta Go to Bed (M. Rossi) 4. Through Lesser Things (M. Rossi) 5. Biohazard (M. Rossi) 6. Stasis (M. Rossi) 7. Changed (M. Rossi) 8. Whatever (M. Rossi)
Far Side of Here
Label: OmniTone
Released: 2005
Track listing: Tie Me Sufre; Fishing Song of the East China Sea ;I Understand Now;
A Night in Tunisia; The Black Nation Suite: O, Freedom; We Shall Overcome; Free New Afrika! Boogaloo; Song for a United Socialist; Pan Africa; Lush Life; Spinning; Jajo
