Jane Ira Bloom - Early Americans

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 52:00
Size: 119.1 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz
Year: 2016
Art: Front

[2:54] 1. Song Patrol
[4:19] 2. Dangerous Times
[1:46] 3. Nearly
[5:32] 4. Hips & Sticks
[5:20] 5. Singing The Triangle
[3:05] 6. Other Eyes
[3:22] 7. Rhyme Or Rhythm
[5:25] 8. Mind Gray River
[3:29] 9. Cornets Of Paradise
[4:02] 10. Say More
[5:46] 11. Gateway To Progress
[4:20] 12. Big Bill
[2:33] 13. Somewhere

Jane Ira Bloom: soprano saxophone; Mark Helias: bass; Bobby Previte: drums.

Saxophonist/composer Jane Ira Bloom is one of the few jazz players to concentrate solely on the soprano saxophone. In 35 years she has recorded sixteen albums as a leader, most often in a quartet with piano. This is her first trio album, in the company of longtime playing partners bassist Mark Helias and drummer Bobby Previte. Their high level of communication is evident on a tune like "Singing the Triangle," which features a recurring theme that is clearly stated by all three instruments in unison (with Previte using his toms melodically). Both the head and the band's approach recall the late Steve Lacy, another soprano saxophone specialist and experimentalist. The start-and-stop "Gateway to Progress" has a similar feel (it also demonstrates how hard this band can swing). Bloom definitely has her own sound, but Lacy is the closest comparison that comes to mind. ~Mark Sullivan

Early Americans 

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