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Friday, December 15, 2023

Radam Schwartz Organ Big Band • Message From Groove and GW

 



Liner notes notwithstanding, the alliance of a big band and organ is hardly unique—Jimmy Smith, Richard "Groove" Holmes and Joey DeFrancesco are organ maestros who have been there and done that; even the great Oscar Peterson once dipped his toes into that water. Having said that, organist Radam Schwartz and his power-laden New Jersey-based ensemble do the concept proud on Message from Groove and GW, burning on all cylinders and swinging as hard and as often as any band has license to do. Spoiler alert: if your taste runs to ballads and music that is more placid than potent, you may want to give this one a pass in favor of, say, the Modern Jazz Quartet.

If, on the other hand, swing and blues are in your wheelhouse, you've come to the right place. Schwartz and his like-minded crew have that genre under control, wailing with abandon while steadfastly anchored by Schwartz and drummer David F. Gibson who is so central to the enterprise that his name alone appears below that of Schwartz on the album jacket's front cover. Perhaps the nearest ingredient to a "ballad" on the menu is the Isley brothers' mellow "Between the Sheets," and even there the rhythmic undercurrent is strong. Charles Mingus' "Work Song"—not to be confused with the Nat Adderley classic of that name—proceeds at a similar tempo, again with virile support from Schwartz and Gibson to punctuate persuasive solos by trumpeter Benjamin Hankle, trombonist Andrae Murchison, alto Anthony Ware and Schwartz himself. And what better way to close an album of organ-based big-band swing and blues than with a theme by Johann Sebastian Bach, whose "Von Gott" has been given a handsome up-to-date face-lift by Schwartz.

A group chorus ushers in the well-knit opener, "Trouble Just Won't Go Away," the first of three tantalizing originals by Schwartz (the others are "Dig You Like Crazy" and "Message from Groove and GW," a deeply-channeled salute to Groove Holmes and Gerald Wilson). Completing the program are John Coltrane's bop-oriented "Blues Minor," the Aretha Franklin hit "Ain't No Way," trombonist Peter Lind's tasteful "Path to Understanding" and last but not least, tenor saxophonist Abel Mireles' emphatic "What to Do." Mireles, who solos there and on "Blues Minor," is Schwartz' right-hand man, and a press release accompanying the album even refers to the ensemble as the Jazz Exchange Big Band, co-led by Schwartz and Mireles. Be that as it may, this band by any other name would surely swing as hard, which is all that matters.

Besides those already mentioned, there are impressive solos along the way by Lind, trumpeters Lee Hogans and Ben Chubb, tenor Gene Ghee, baritone Ben Kovacs and guitarist Charlie Sigler, enhanced by the band's able-bodied blowing as a unit. If it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing, the Radam Schwartz Organ Big Band needs no rhetoric to underline its purpose.
By JACK BOWERS
September 25, 2020
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/message-from-groove-and-gw-the-radam-schwartz-organ-big-band-arabesque-jazz

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A pesar de las notas de Liner, la alianza de una gran banda y el órgano no es única: Jimmy Smith, Richard "Groove" Holmes y Joey DeFrancesco son maestros de órgano que han estado allí y lo han hecho; incluso el gran Oscar Peterson una vez sumergió los dedos de sus pies en esa agua. Dicho esto, el organista Radam Schwartz y su poderoso conjunto con base en Nueva Jersey hacen el concepto orgulloso en Message from Groove y GW, quemando en todos los cilindros y balanceándose tan duro y tan a menudo como cualquier banda tiene licencia para hacerlo. Alerta de spoiler: si te gustan las baladas y la música más plácida que potente, quizá quieras dar el visto bueno a, digamos, el Modern Jazz Quartet.

Si, por el contrario, el swing y el blues están en tu terreno, has llegado al lugar adecuado. Schwartz y su equipo tienen el género bajo control, llorando con abandono mientras están firmemente anclados por Schwartz y el baterista David F. Gibson, que es tan importante para la empresa que su nombre aparece debajo del de Schwartz en la portada del álbum. Quizás el ingrediente más cercano a una "balada" en el menú es el suave "Between the Sheets" de los hermanos Isley, e incluso allí el trasfondo rítmico es fuerte. La "Canción de trabajo" de Charles Mingus, que no debe confundirse con el clásico de Nat Adderley de ese nombre, sigue un ritmo similar, de nuevo con el viril apoyo de Schwartz y Gibson para puntuar los persuasivos solos del trompetista Benjamin Hankle, el trombonista Andrae Murchison, el alto Anthony Ware y el propio Schwartz. Y qué mejor manera de cerrar un álbum de swing y blues de banda grande basado en el órgano que con un tema de Johann Sebastian Bach, cuyo "Von Gott" ha sido actualizado por Schwartz.

Un coro de grupo introduce el bien unido tema de apertura, "Trouble Just Won't Go Away", el primero de los tres tentadores originales de Schwartz (los otros son "Dig You Like Crazy" y "Message from Groove and GW", un saludo profundamente canalizado a Groove Holmes y Gerald Wilson). Completan el programa el "Blues Minor" de John Coltrane, el éxito de Aretha Franklin "Ain't No Way", el sabroso "Path to Understanding" del trombonista Peter Lind y por último, pero no menos importante, el enfático "What to Do" del saxofonista tenor Abel Mireles. Mireles, que hace un solo allí y en "Blues Minor", es la mano derecha de Schwartz, y en un comunicado de prensa que acompaña al álbum incluso se refiere al conjunto como la Jazz Exchange Big Band, codirigida por Schwartz y Mireles. Sea como fuere, esta banda con cualquier otro nombre seguramente se moverá tan duro, que es todo lo que importa.

Además de los ya mencionados, hay impresionantes solos de Lind, los trompetistas Lee Hogans y Ben Chubb, el tenor Gene Ghee, el barítono Ben Kovacs y el guitarrista Charlie Sigler, realzados por el soplido fluido de la banda como unidad. Si no significa nada si no tiene ese swing, la Radam Schwartz Organ Big Band no necesita retórica para subrayar su propósito.
Por JACK BOWERS
25 de septiembre de 2020
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/message-from-groove-and-gw-the-radam-schwartz-organ-big-band-arabesque-jazz




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Tracks:

1 - Trouble Just Wont Go Away
2 - Blues Minor
3 - Aint No Way
4 - Dig You Like Crazy
5 - What to Do
6 - Between the Sheets
7 - Message from Groove and Gw
8 - A Path to Understanding
9 - Work Song
10 - Von Gott

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