Peter & Will Anderson - Peter and Will Anderson: Featuring Jimmy Cobb

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2020
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 64:44
Size: 149,5 MB
Art: Front

(5:43)  1. Two For One
(5:17)  2. Hot and Cold
(7:37)  3. Blues for You
(7:10)  4. Rhythm in F
(7:08)  5. Autumn in New York
(5:13)  6. Pick Your Spot
(8:08)  7. Someday My Prince Will Come
(6:09)  8. Jeannine
(7:28)  9. Polka Dots and Moonbeams
(4:45) 10. I'll Tell You Later

Grammy Award-winning saxophonists and identical twins, Peter and Will Anderson document another burner of a recording on their Featuring Jimmy Cobb album, released within days of the passing of the legendary drummer in May 2020. The last surviving member of the Miles Davis band that recorded the ground-breaking jazz album Kind of Blue (Columbia, 1959), Jimmy Cobb passed away at age 91. While not originally designed as a tribute project, this album may well be one of the last recordings featuring Cobb, as his last album as leader, This I Dig of You (Smoke Sessions Records, 2019), was released in 2019. The Anderson brothers craft an exciting session of music, mixing six new originals and four standards in which each piece is a keeper. Accompanying Will, on alto saxophone, and brother Peter, on tenor sax, are Jeb Patton on the piano, David Wong on bass and, of course, Jimmy Cobb. The band opens in blistering fashion, cooking through the first four originals: "Two for One," "Hot and Cold," "Blues for You," and "Rhythm In F," where the bebop and hard bop sounds paint this canvas red hot.

There are two relative soft spots on this album with the first belonging to the Anderson treatment of the Vernon Duke classic "Autumn In New York." On "Someday My Prince Will Come," and the time-honored standard from Duke Pearson, "Jeanine," the boys are wild with phenomenal call and response performances. The Jimmy Van Heusen standard "Polka Dots & Moonbeams," occupies the other mellow piece of the set with Will teeing off on the alto, marking this rendition of the piece as one of the finest. The brothers play in unison on the final track, "I'll Tell You Later," capping off an incredible session of hard-core bebop the way it was intended to be performed. The rhythm section, and especially Cobb, provide an amazing performance. As for the twins, we've heard the phrase "brothers in arms." Well, in this case it's "brothers in bebop," for Will and Peter Anderson Featuring Jimmy Cobb is one outstanding recording and remembrance of a legend.~ Edward Blanco https://www.allaboutjazz.com/featuring-jimmy-cobb-peter-and-will-anderson-outside-in-music

Personnel: Peter Anderson: saxophone, tenor; Will Anderson: saxophone, alto; Jimmy Cobb: drums; Jeb Patton: piano; David Wong: bass.

Peter and Will Anderson: Featuring Jimmy Cobb

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Peter Anderson & Will Anderson - Clarinet Summit

Styles: Clarinet Jazz
Year: 2017
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 60:38
Size: 140,4 MB
Art: Front

(6:37)  1. How About You?
(6:08)  2. When You Wish Upon a Star
(6:43)  3. Very Saxy
(2:14)  4. Prelude to a Kiss
(2:06)  5. I'll Never Be the Same
(2:42)  6. Cry Me a River
(5:33)  7. Make Someone Happy
(4:23)  8. How Insensitive
(6:12)  9. Groovin' High
(8:41) 10. Creole Love Call
(9:14) 11. A Night in Tunisia

Young Anderson Brothers (Peter and Will are identical twins) both on clarinet here band together with two veteran clarinetists Ken Peplowski with rich background in big band jazz and multiple Grammy Award winner Paquito D’Rivera to perform live to a jubilant audience. “They are sparkling virtuosos and their clever, tidy arrangements for various combinations of clarinet, alto and tenor saxophone are smart and refreshing…. everything they play sounds fresh, creative and in the moment.” (Paul de Barros – Soundposts)

Personnel: Will Anderson clarinet; Peter Anderson clarinet; Paquito D'Rivera clarinet; Ken Peplowski clarinet; Tardo Hammer piano; David Wong bass; Kenny Washington drums

Clarinet Summit

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Peter Anderson & Will Anderson - Two Against One

Styles: Saxophone And Clarinet Jazz
Year: 2016
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 63:46
Size: 147,3 MB
Art: Front

(4:41)  1. Speak Low
(4:53)  2. Sweet and Lovely
(3:52)  3. Hallelujah
(4:49)  4. Lotus Blossom
(5:12)  5. Manteca
(4:41)  6. A Foggy Day
(4:43)  7. Paris Blues
(4:31)  8. Desafinado
(3:53)  9. Georgia on My Mind
(4:34) 10. Manha de Carnaval
(6:28) 11. Appalachian Mountain Song
(6:42) 12. Misterioso
(4:41) 13. Old Devil Moon

”Virtuosos on clarinet and saxophone,” (New York Times) Peter & Will Anderson are one of the most extraordinary duos in jazz performing today. Their second release for their trio, "Two Against One" features guitarist Alex Wintz. https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/peterandwillandersontrio

Personnel: Peter & Will Anderson (sax & clarinet) Alex Wintz (guitar)

Two Against One

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Peter & Will Anderson Trio - Reed Reflections

Styles: Saxophone And Clarinet Jazz 
Year: 2014
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 49:31
Size: 114,6 MB
Art: Front

(4:06)  1. Begin the Beguine
(3:51)  2. My Heart Stood Still
(3:31)  3. Willow Weep for Me
(3:18)  4. Cherokee
(4:59)  5. Yesterdays
(3:08)  6. It's All Right With Me
(3:38)  7. Tea for Two
(3:57)  8. In a Sentimental Mood
(4:42)  9. Bud On Bach
(6:34) 10. Reed Reflections
(3:22) 11. Bye-Ya
(4:22) 12. What Is This Thing Called Love

There’s only one way to fully appreciate the new jazz album by the Bethesda-bred, Juilliard-trained Anderson twins, Peter and Will, and guitarist Alex Wintz: Keep it spinning. Listen to “Reed Reflections” three times: First, to hear the Andersons’ saxophones and clarinets elegantly converge, converse and engage in delightful counterpoint; second, to focus on Wintz’s resonating chordal propulsion and crisp, single-note interludes; and, finally, to hear the arrangements in full, imaginatively unfolding in ways that consistently bring a fresh perspective to such classic pop and jazz tunes as “Cherokee,” “Willow Weep for Me” and “In a Sentimental Mood.” Wonderfully evocative tributes to Thelonious Monk (“Bye-Ya”) and Bud Powell (“Bud on Bach”) offer more reasons to stay tuned. Even then, anyone with a taste for swing, bop and chamber jazz will want to come back for more. The Andersons earned reams of praise for their 2013 debut album, “Correspondence,” which featured pianist Kenny Barron and other well-known artists, but the streamlined “Reed Reflections” is no less impressive. In Wintz, the siblings have a collaborator who can offer pianistic touches as well as evoke the sound of legendary and contemporary jazz guitar masters, from Charlie Christian to Martin Taylor. As a result, the arrangements, which often feature the reeds trading places, have more texture and color than you might expect. And if some of the subdued performances strike particularly soulful notes, the shifting tempos ensure that the trio’s ability to swing effortlessly is never overshadowed for long. ~ Mike Joyce https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/music/anderson-trio-album-review-reed-reflections/2014/05/22/585d65f2-dc62-11e3-8009-71de85b9c527_story.html

Personnel: Peter Anderson, Tenor Saxophone and Clarinet; Will Anderson, Alto Saxophone and Clarinet; Alex Wintz, Guitar

Reed Reflections

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Peter Anderson & Will Anderson - A Sax Supreme

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2015
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 43:54
Size: 101,5 MB
Art: Front

(6:16)  1. Let's
(6:36)  2. Walkin'
(5:23)  3. U.M.M.G.
(4:56)  4. Here's That Rainy Day
(1:37)  5. More Than You Know
(2:03)  6. You Go to My Head
(1:45)  7. Love Locked Out
(2:39)  8. Some Other Spring
(4:55)  9. Love Letters
(7:40) 10. Whoops

Peter and Will Anderson (born 27 March 1987) are identical twin American jazz saxophonists and clarinetists, composers and arrangers, and leaders of their own trio and quintet. They have performed at venues including The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and Blue Note Jazz. Peter and Will's music has been reviewed and featured in the New York Times, Seattle Times, Washington Post, Jazz Times. In addition, their music was used in HBO's Board Walk Empire. Peter and Will Anderson were born in Washington, DC and raised in Bethesda, MD. They attended Walt Whitman High School and were mentored by many musicians including saxophonist Paul Carr and drummer and vibraphonist Chuck Redd. At age 18, they moved to New York City to attend The Juilliard School from 2005-9 (Bachelor of Music) and 2009-11 (Master of Music). There they studied under many notable artists including Joe Temperley, Victor Goines, Frank Wess, Benny Golson, Kenny Washington, and Joe Wilder. From 2007-09, Peter and Will were both recipients of the Illinois Jacquet Scholarship in Jazz Studies from Juilliard. During their undergraduate studies, they were both selected from an international pool of applicants for the Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead program, which included a residency of performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.More... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_and_Will_Anderson

Personnel: Peter Anderson, tenor sax; Will Anderson Anderson, alto sax; Grant Stewart, tenor sax; Ken Peplowski, tenor sax; Ehud Asherie, piano; Neal Minerm, bass; Aaron Kimmel, drums

A Sax Supreme

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Peter & Will Anderson - Deja Vu

Size: 134,8 MB
Time: 57:56
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2015
Styles: Jazz
Art: Front

01. Deja Vu (4:10)
02. Presque Vu (4:47)
03. Belfast Blues (5:39)
04. Devil's Advocate (5:03)
05. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (6:29)
06. Deja Entendu (4:34)
07. Rachel (5:12)
08. Jamais Vu (5:14)
09. Lover Man (6:51)
10. Cats In New York City (4:49)
11. Just One Of Those Things (5:03)

On this thoroughly entertaining quintet session, twins Will and Peter Anderson team up with one of the most renowned and beloved siblings in jazz history, drummer Albert “Tootie” Heath, who turns 80 on May 31. No surprise, then, that the young reedmen sound as if they’re fully enjoying the cross-familial connection here, buoyed by Heath’s rhythmic joie de vivre. Of course, given the Andersons’ bop-rooted influences and Heath’s obvious compatibility, who would have expected anything less?

The title and opening cut, one of eight tunes penned by the Andersons for this outing, is emblematic of the album’s virtues. The frontline—Peter on tenor saxophone, Will on alto—introduces a vibrant, spiraling theme that soon gives way to a series of fluid turns from the reedmen and pianist Jeb Patton. All the while Heath is in delightful form, nimbly accenting, prodding and interjecting, before fashioning a crisply syncopated break. “Presque Vu,” the following performance, is more melodically stealthy, but again the saxes add colorful contrasts, and the rhythm section, fortified by bassist David Wong, is lifted by Heath’s always-salutary presence. “Belfast Blues,” its title notwithstanding, is actually a burner that also reveals the band’s cohesiveness and spirit. When Heath sits out on several cuts, drummer Phil Stewart prevents lulls from settling in, though he quietly enhances the mood during an insinuatingly lyrical, alto-limned performance of “A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square.” Like “Lover Man” and “Rachel,” a woven ballad composed by Peter for his wife, it’s yet another reminder that when it comes to elegantly embellishing and resolving a romantic theme, the Andersons excel. ~By Mike Joyce

Deja Vu

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Peter Anderson, Will Anderson - Correspondence

Styles: Saxophone Jazz
Year: 2012
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 66:35
Size: 155,6 MB
Art: Front

(6:40)  1. Correspondence
(5:34)  2. Bread & Butter
(6:37)  3. You Have to Try It Once
(5:58)  4. Go Ahead!
(6:48)  5. I'll Keep Loving You
(6:33)  6. Meat of the Matter
(9:22)  7. Let's Get Out of Town
(6:22)  8. Contagious Curiosity
(5:23)  9. Shaw Nuff
(7:13) 10. Slipped Again

What’s a quick way for young jazz musicians to appear out of their league? Book some studio time with pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Ben Wolfe and drummer Kenny Washington. But saxophonists (and identical twins) Peter and Will Anderson consistently rise to the challenge on Correspondence, displaying a firm grounding in bop/postbop tradition and demonstrating impressive harmonic and rhythmic assurance. Robust tandem passages and fluid improvisations generate lots of color and contrast, with Peter, on tenor, and Will, on alto, reinvigorating “Shaw ’Nuff” and other jazz and pop classics. Better yet are the original tunes, such as Will’s ever-spiraling romp “Go Ahead!,” which point to an exceedingly bright future. In his liner notes, Phil Schaap recalls that the Andersons received A’s in his Origins of Jazz class at Juilliard; you can apply the same grade to this CD, the Andersons’ first as leaders. ~ Mike Joyce  http://jazztimes.com/articles/107967-correspondence-peter-will-anderson

Personnel: Will Anderson (alto saxophone); Peter Anderson (tenor saxophone); Kenny Barron (piano); Kenny Washington (drums).

Correspondence

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