Ben Wendel - What We Bring

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 46:29
Size: 120,3 MB
Art: Front

(6:08)  1. Amian
(4:31)  2. Fall
(5:17)  3. Spring
(4:55)  4. Doubt
(6:23)  5. Song Song
(6:43)  6. Soli
(5:50)  7. Austin
(6:39)  8. Solar

Ben Wendel can be considered the kind face of the Kneebody -band high-voltage adrenaline which is a founding member-feature that highlights mainly in his work as a leader. This is also the case of thisWhat We Bringalbum in which he makes use of the talent of Gerald Clayton , pianist who embodies the large group of musicians anchored to the straight ahead tradition and committed to refreshing it with the ferments of contemporaneity. What We Bring says Wendel in the cover notes is a work dedicated to teachers of the past and current musicians who have influenced not only musically. But we do not find in it any trace of nostalgia or commemorative rhetoric only a good dose of affection and a strong personality. As it happens in the initial "Amian." The references to the coltraniana "Naima" suggest nothing of the incipit, then the song stands out for other shores, on the wings of one of the leader full of pathos and essential, sweet without fuss, the original mood recreated to perfection but pulsating own life. And so, song after song, Wendel offers his personal perspective of jazz that has been and of jazz that will be, without clamor or revolutions, with the brilliance and good taste that distinguish it, as highlighted by the "Solar," perfect davisiana conclusion for a class album.~ Vicenzo Roggero https://www.allaboutjazz.com/what-we-bring-ben-wendel-motema-music-review-by-vincenzo-roggero.php

Personnel: Ben Wendel: sax (tenor), bassoon; Gerald Clayton: piano; Joe Sanders: double bass; Henry Cole: battery; Nate Wood: percussion.

What We Bring

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