Home » Articoli » Album Review » Steven Feifke: The Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra

Steven Feifke: The Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra

Metti assieme un talentoso giovane orchestratore come Steven Feifke, un trombettista di prima grandezza come Bijon Watson e una big band con grandi nomi e prestigiosi ospiti e il risultato è scontato.
Il debutto della Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra è stato propiziato dalla collaborazione col Jazz Education Network ed ha assunto le vesti di un album includendo in organico ospiti di rilievo come Kurt Elling, Sean Jones e Chad Lefkowitz-Brown.
Il principale riferimento è la tradizione orchestrale mainstream e la musica è un concentrato di swing, poderosi ensemble, squillanti polifonie, enfatizzanti riff e smaglianti assoli.
Ovviamente la lezione di Thad Jones/Mel Lewis è imprescindibile ma la scrittura di Feifke attualizza anche classici impasti di Benny Carter e altri orchestratori degli anni trenta/quaranta. Il tutto senza dimenticare la contemporaneità come dimostra la turbinosa versione di "Sassy," cantata da Elling con iniziali innesti rap.
Se "I've Got Algorithm" e "Inner Urge" si caratterizzano per elettrizzante carica ritmica, marcati contrasti timbrici e serrati scontri di sezione, altri brani hanno un andamento più disteso: si vedano "Until" la luminosa ballad in ¾ di Sting esaltata da Kurt Elling ed ancora la dolce "Remember Me," dov'è protagonista la calda tromba di Watson su ricercate armonizzazioni del collettivo.
Un album pienamente riuscito, tutto da godere.

Track Listing

I’ve Got Algorithm; Sassy; Inner Urge; Until; Scenes from My Dreams; Remember Me; Dollar’s Moods; Nica’s Dream; Blues in a Second.

Personnel

Bijon Watson
trumpet
Chad Lefkowitz-Brown
saxophone, tenor
Kurt Elling
vocals
Sean Jones
trumpet
Tanya Darby
trumpet
Alexa Tarantino
saxophone, alto
Christopher McBride
saxophone, alto
Thomas Luer
saxophone, tenor
Roxy Coss
saxophone, tenor
Lauren Sevian
saxophone, baritone
John Fedchock
trombone
Javier Nero
trombone
Kalia Vandever
trombone
Jennifer Wharton
trombone, bass
Will Brahm
guitar

Album information

Title: The Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Cellar Music Group


About Steven Feifke

Tags


PREVIOUS / NEXT




Become a Sustaining Member

Get the Jazz Near You newsletter

Since 1995, All About Jazz has championed jazz as an art form and supported the musicians who create it. Over three decades, it has grown into one of the world's leading jazz resources, serving hundreds of thousands of readers, musicians, presenters and industry professionals each month.

Help Build the Future of All About Jazz

Your support helps us continue building All About Jazz for the next generation—expanding our editorial coverage, preserving jazz history, developing new community features and creating better ways to discover the music and the people behind it.

Become a sustaining member for as little as $20 per year and you'll immediately enjoy an ad-free experience along with access to subscriber features and future articles for a full year.

Together, we're not simply sustaining All About Jazz—we're building its future. Thank you for being part of the journey.

More

A Distant Land
Rich Halley 4
Renovation
Benny Green
Kevin Sun, I.
Kevin Sun

Popular

Desolation Row
David Maranha / Rodrigo Amado
2014 NYC
King Crimson
Beneath Lifted Skies
Linda May Han Oh & Melissa Aldana
Talamanti
Patricia Brennan and Sylvie Courvoisier

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletters highlight our top stories, top album reviews, website news, free songs, radio & podcast shows, news, and upcoming jazz events near you.