David Sills - Light Touch

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2010
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:19
Size: 148,2 MB
Art: Front

(7:08)  1. Strollin'
(4:56)  2. It's All You
(5:55)  3. Inter Play
(8:26)  4. Chelsea Bridge
(7:12)  5. How About You
(3:15)  6. Sertão Alagoano
(4:03)  7. Blues For Alice
(6:42)  8. Peace
(6:39)  9. Love For Sale
(4:25) 10. Goodbye Porkpie Hat
(5:34) 11. Everything I Love

For saxophonist David Sills' seventh album as a leader he's employed two of LA's finest musicians, long time associates, pianist Chris Dawson and bassist Darek Oles. Featuring a wonderful mix of jazz standards, this crack team of artists have assembled a program that flows seamlessly from tune to tune and leaves the listener in complete satisfaction. The album is light yet robust like a fine glass of cabernet. The sound is warm and clear. The artists all have unique original voices yet comand a clear understanding and respect for the jazz tradition. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/DavidSills

Personnel:  David Sills – tenor saxophone & flute; Chris Dawson – Piano; Darek Oles – bass

Light Touch

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David Sills - Blues's The New Green

Bitrate: 320K/s
Time: 64:57
Size: 148.7 MB
Styles: Saxophone jazz, Straight ahead jazz
Year: 2013
Art: Front

[7:47] 1. No Moe
[5:53] 2. The Highline
[6:31] 3. 'tis Autumn
[4:49] 4. Justin's Dime
[6:42] 5. Portofino Night
[5:28] 6. Night Flower
[7:29] 7. Blue's The New Green
[8:42] 8. I'm A Fool To Want You
[5:14] 9. Belmont Shores
[6:18] 10. Blues In Ten

Saxophonist David Sills opens his Blue's the New Green with tenor sax titan Sonny Rollins' tune, "No Moe." But Sills doesn't use Rollins' musculature or his burly tone. He rolls more in the mode of sax men Joe Henderson or Stan Getz—or, to take it back further, Coleman Hawkins or Ben Webster, with a smooth, vibrato-less delivery.

Sills is steeped in the tradition of those who came before him, without being mired there. As in previous outings, Eastern View (Origin records, 2004) and Green (Origin records, 2007), the saxophonist leads a crack band, with the extra textures of a piano/guitar pairing. Guitarist Larry Koonse has been a mainstay in Sills' recordings. He and pianist Chris Dawson intertwine their clean lines on Sills original, "The Highline," with veteran bassist Darek Oles and drummer Jake Reed laying down the loose groove.

The Great American Songbook tune "'Tis Autumn" gives the band the chance to work beautifully in the ballad mode, sounding a bit retro; while Sills' "Justin Dime" cranks things into a modern roll. Sill's plays flute on his "Portofino Night," a tune that sounds cool and Bossa Nova-sish, with Dawason supplying a delicate keyboard touch to Koonse's warm acoustic guitar, before the band pushes again into a mdoern lean with the stylish "Night Flower," another Sill's penned gem.

Sills always blows with a lot of soul, and the title tune is no exception. His solo here has a precise logic, and his tone and serpentine phrases bring saxophonist George Coleman to mind, while "I'm a Fool to Want You," from the American songbook, brings in the wee hours, melancholy beauty of a saxophone blowing pure blue notes over a subtle backing.

Blue's the New Green is another beautiful addition to saxophonist David Sill's consistently outstanding discography. ~Dan McClenaghan

Blues's The New Green

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