A newly formed jazz ensemble featuring Canadian and international talent has recently released its debut album that serves as a love letter to the saxophone and its history.
Saxophone Legacy features the sax talents of Jack Wilkins (U.S.) and Jeremy Brown (Canada), along with Swedish pianist Per Danielsson.
The concept for Saxophone Legacy was developed by Brown and Wilkins, both music professors, during the latter’s appointment to the University of Calgary in 2017. They formed the band with Danielsson two years later, and the group recorded their eponymous first album at OCL Studios in Chestermere, east of Calgary, backed by a Canadian rhythm section of bassist Kodi Hutchinson and drummer Tyler Hornby.
The recording celebrates the legacy of the saxophone with six original compositions arranged specially for the group. Most of the compositions are based on improvised solos from landmark recordings by sax innovators including John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley and Coleman Hawkins. Saxophone Legacy pays homage to these sax masters and their contributions to jazz while implementing contemporary styles and approaches.
One of the songs is Giant Madness, a Wilkins composition that fuses melodic elements of Coltrane’s iconic Giant Steps and Sonny Rollins’s Tenor Madness. The group also pays tribute to Swedish saxophonists Lars Gullin and Arne Domnérus on Danielsson’s composition Swedes on Reeds, which draws inspiration from their respective solos on the famous Swedish jazz recording Clifford Brown & Art Farmer with the Swedish All Stars.
https://jazz.fm/saxophone-legacy-jazz-ensemble-honours-sax-history/
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Un conjunto de jazz de reciente creación que cuenta con talentos canadienses e internacionales ha publicado recientemente su álbum de debut, que sirve de carta de amor al saxofón y a su historia.
Saxophone Legacy cuenta con los talentos del saxofón de Jack Wilkins (Estados Unidos) y Jeremy Brown (Canadá), junto con el pianista sueco Per Danielsson.
El concepto de Saxophone Legacy fue desarrollado por Brown y Wilkins, ambos profesores de música, durante el nombramiento de este último en la Universidad de Calgary en 2017. Formaron la banda con Danielsson dos años después, y el grupo grabó su primer álbum homónimo en los estudios OCL de Chestermere, al este de Calgary, respaldado por una sección rítmica canadiense formada por el bajista Kodi Hutchinson y el batería Tyler Hornby.
La grabación celebra el legado del saxofón con seis composiciones originales arregladas especialmente para el grupo. La mayoría de las composiciones se basan en solos improvisados de grabaciones emblemáticas de innovadores del saxo como John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley y Coleman Hawkins. Saxophone Legacy rinde homenaje a estos maestros del saxo y a sus contribuciones al jazz, al tiempo que implementa estilos y enfoques contemporáneos.
Uno de los temas es Giant Madness, una composición de Wilkins que fusiona elementos melódicos del icónico Giant Steps de Coltrane y del Tenor Madness de Sonny Rollins. El grupo también rinde homenaje a los saxofonistas suecos Lars Gullin y Arne Domnérus en la composición de Danielsson Swedes on Reeds, que se inspira en sus respectivos solos en la famosa grabación de jazz sueca Clifford Brown & Art Farmer with the Swedish All Stars.
https://jazz.fm/saxophone-legacy-jazz-ensemble-honours-sax-history/
1. Embodiment of Soul
2. Dig Dis
3. Swedes on Reeds
4. Giant Madness
5. Belgium Blues
6. Lake Louise Reflections
2022
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