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Radiant Blue

Label: AntonJazz
Released: 2006
Track listing: Phantom Dance; Alligator Strut; Wave; Slightly Off Course; Life & Times; Marcel Marceau; Blues For Now; Groundsurge; Hooking Up; Sneaking Suspicion.

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For a guy who has the blues, San Francisco-based tenor saxophonist Anton Schwartz sure seems happy. While the ten tracks on Radiant Blue are purported to be based on the twelve-measure blues form (I think there's a couple of sixteens in there), there is barely a blush of sadness to this decidedly upbeat release. But once ...

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Anton Schwartz: Radiant Blue

Read "Radiant Blue" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
September 23, 2006

Tenor saxophonist Anton Schwartz picks his spots rather articulately here. Either as an accompanist or accelerator, the artist's penchant for making optimistic jazz looms in radiating fashion. Schwartz sports a resounding tone on this studio set, spiced up with grit and a soul-jazz drenched élan. The quintet sustains interest from top to bottom, partly ...