Release Date: 08 October 2021
Label: SteepleChase
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 716043191826
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 08 October 2021
Label: SteepleChase
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 716043191826
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
Trumpeter/composer Alex Norris has been a stalwart constituent of the New York jazz scene since 1992 after graduating from Peabody Conservatory of Music. Although this is his only third leader album and his debut release from SteepleChase, Norris is by no means a newcomer. It will be almost impossible to find any notable big band, smaller ensemble and soloist Norris has not performed, toured and recorded with.
Here he chose his "go-to-quintet" of long-time cohorts/friends to present an album of straight-ahead, swinging jazz all penned by Norris.
"Norris writes and plays with rare assurance and seldom walks on overly familiar paths...He's not an aggressive stylist and his penchant for thoughtful dynamics gives him the confidence to leave space and unexpected intervals in his solos." - The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD
Personnel: Alex Norris trumpet, fluegelhorn), Ari Ambrose (tenor saxophone), Jeremy Manasia (piano), Paul Gill (bass), Brian Floody (drums)
Tracklisting
Nate Radley
John Hart
Chet Baker
Andy LaVerne & Dick Sisto
David Janeway
Rolf Billberg
Kirk Knuffke
Dizzy Gillespie
Alex Norris
Alex Norris, Ari Ambrose, Joel Frahm & George Colligan