Everything in Time

構成数 : 1枚
合計収録時間 : 01:10:57
Personnel: Wally Dunbar (arranger, conductor); Gerry Niewood (alto saxophone, flute); Ken Hitchcock (tenor saxophone, clarinet); Roger Rosenberg (baritone saxophone, bass clarinet); Bob Millikan, John Eckert, Brian Pareschi, Irv Grossman (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jim Pugh, Mark Patterson (trombone); Chris Olness, Nathan Durham (bass trombone); Ken Ascher (piano); Bill Moring (bass); Ronny Zito (drums). Recorded at Avatar Studios, New York, New York on April 26-27, 1999 & June 9, 2000. Personnel: Gerry Niewood (flute, alto saxophone); Kenneth Hitchcock (clarinet, tenor saxophone); Roger Rosenberg (bass clarinet, baritone saxophone); Irv Grossman, John Eckert, Bob Millikan (trumpet, flugelhorn); Mark Patterson , Jim Pugh (trombone); Nathan Durham (bass trombone); Kenny Ascher (piano). Liner Note Author: Bill Crow. Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York, NY (04/26/1999-06/09/2000). Arranger: Wally Dunbar. In New York there are plenty of musicians who play jazz but don't devote 100 percent of their time to it; they might pursue jazz-related activities some of the time, but pay their bills with film, theater, or television work. One such musician is composer/arranger Wally Dunbar, a Canadian immigrant who has lived in New York since the early '60s. Although Dunbar once played in Woody Herman's trumpet section, jazz hasn't kept food on his table; Dunbar has earned a living preparing music for commercials, Broadway plays, and films. But Everything in Time doesn't contain any commercial or film music; this CD is a straight-ahead jazz offering that finds Dunbar leading an 11-piece band -- not quite an orchestra, but the sort of medium-sized unit that Phil Woods might call a "little big band." Dunbar doesn't play any instruments on this album; his role is that of a bandleader/arranger who does some composing. The New York resident offers some conventional bop arrangements of overdone jazz standards -- including Duke Ellington's "In a Mellow Tone" and Miles Davis' "Nardis" -- but thankfully, he devotes most of the CD to original material. And Dunbar demonstrates he isn't half bad as a jazz composer; his noteworthy pieces range from the dusky, evocative "La Joie" and the mysterious "Horn 'N' Heartache" to the charming "TDK Waltz." Is Everything in Time exceptional? No, but it's a generally decent outing that makes listeners wish Dunbar would devote more time to writing and recording straight-ahead jazz. ~ Alex Henderson
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