Release Date: 09 October 2015
Label: Criss Cross Jazz
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8712474138326
Genres: Jazz  Modern Postbebop  
Release Date: 09 October 2015
Label: Criss Cross Jazz
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8712474138326
Genres: Jazz  Modern Postbebop  
Description
Despite busy schedules, the five co-leaders of Opus 5 - Seamus Blake, Alex Sipiagin, David Kikoski, Boris Kozlov and Donald Edwards - return once again with a fourth album, 'Tickle', a statement of great virtuosity, melodic integrity and rhythmic focus.
Taking its place alongside 'Introducing Opus 5', 'Pentasonic' and 'Progressions', this session finds the band in peak form, interpreting compositions by all the band's members.
From the shifting funk-to-swing of drummer Donald Edwards-penned title track, to the singable purity of tenorist Seamus Blake's opening "Silver Pockets", to the poetic bass cadenza and plaintive mood of bassist Boris Kozlov's closing ballad "Murzake", 'Tickle' secures Opus 5's place as one of the most compelling and long-lived collectives in recent years. Pianist David Kikoski composed the beautiful "New Old Ballad", trumpeter Alex Sipiagin wrote "Equilibrium".
Personnel: Seamus Blake (tenor saxophone), Alex Sipiagin (trumpet, fluegelhorn), David Kikoski (piano, Fender Rhodes), Boris Kozlov (bass), Donald Edwards (drums)
Tracklisting
Oz Noy
M.T.B. (Brad Mehldau / Mark Turner / Peter Bernstein)
Misha Tsiganov
Antonio Farao
Gregory Groover Jr.
Michael Thomas
Warne Marsh
Walt Weiskopf