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- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: SMT-740
- Format: CD
- UPC: 099402740928
- Street Date: 03/08/19
- PreBook Date: 02/01/19
- Label: Summit Records »
- Genre: Jazz
- Run Time: 60 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Year of Production: 2019
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: WORLD
- Language: English
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Larry Koonse - New Jazz Standards Vol. 4
Jazz guitar legend Koonse performs brilliantly w/ strong band on 4th edition of New Jazz Standards from Carl Saunders!
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Its not a stretch to see how a great improviser can also be a great composer. After all an improviser is using the same compositional elements as a composer in real time. What is amazing in terms of Carl Saunders' compositional world is that there is such a huge range of musical offerings. There is the lyrical (A Ballad for Now), the dark and surreal (Dark Blanket), the humorous (Baby Blues), the nod to Jobim and Bill Evans (A Poor Man's Mr. Evans), the traditional song with twists (DoBeDoBeDo), and the harmonically sophisticated (Another Side of Her). Each a beautifully crafted gem.
To help Koonse to fully realize these lyrical yet tricky puzzles created by Saunders, he immediately contacted his dear friend Josh Nelson. Josh is a musician that is always thinking orchestrationally and is more than willing to not use all ten fingers when the moment calls for it. Great listener, supportive accompanist, brilliant harmonic mind ...... They got together in one long session and thought of ways to bring out the character of each piece within the limits of a guitar/piano based quartet w/ life-long friends Tom Warrington and Joe La Barbera. Both consummate musicians who Koonse has a long track record with and always play from the perspective of "what does this musical moment need now" as opposed to "look at me now".
Extremely accessible and enjoyable.
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- For fans of real jazz, more specifically jazz guitar and a quartet of world-class musicians...
Press Quotes
Every time I receive a copy of an album in the New Jazz Standards series, I know I'm going to be in for a treat--and I haven't been wrong yet. Some context: New Jazz Standards is the title of a collection of jazz compositions by Carl Saunders. The series of recordings under that name consists of albums by soloists hand-picked by Saunders, who has produced all of the albums so far as well. Each album features a different leader; in this case, it's guitarist Larry Koonse, who leads a quartet that also includes pianist Josh Nelson, bassist Tom Warrington, and legendary drummer Joe LaBarbera. It might seem a bit arrogant to call a collection of one's own work 'new jazz standards,' but Saunder has more than demonstrated that he has the right; his tunes are straight-ahead in style but modern and creative (note in particular his sly structural innovations on 'Baby Blues'), and his melodic creativity is really without peer. Koonse himself is clearly in love with these compositions, and his performances are filled with new ideas of his own while never losing touch with the essence of the tunes. This is one of the best jazz albums I've heard all year.
—Rick Andersen, CD HotList
'One of the young players who has the ability to become as big an influence in today's jazz scene, in a similar fashion as Bill Evans, is jazz guitarist Larry Koonse.'
—Jude Hibler, 20th Century Guitar Magazine