Release Date: 16 February 2018
Label: OA2 Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 805552214727
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Release Date: 16 February 2018
Label: OA2 Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 805552214727
Genres: Jazz  Contemporary  
Description
A fiery and dedicated improvisor and composer, saxophonist Idit Shner's latest quartet recording, 9 Short Stories, highlights her rich and ongoing relationship with pianist Josh Hanlon and drummer Stockton Helbing.
Along with bassist James Driscoll, the quartet tackles a program of Idit's compositions, all based in the jazz tradition but with influences ranging from traditional melodies & rhythms from Zimbabwe, to classical Arabic music, to the Latin-tinged grooves of McCoy Tyner from his early '70s recordings. For the album's lone standard, Billy Strayhorn's "Passion Flower," Shner declares her debt to one of jazz's definitive alto stylists with this haunting Ellington band staple, one of Duke's many feature numbers for Johnny Hodges.
Tracklisting
Ben Markley Big Band & Ari Hoenig
Francesco Crosara
Wil Swindler's Elevenet
George Cotsirilos Quartet
Charlie Porter, Nick Biello, Orrin Evans, Mike Moreno, David Wong, Damian Erskine, Behn Gillece & K
Gregory Dudzienski Quartet
Ted Piltzecker
Russell Kranes, Alex Levine, Sam Weber, Jay Sawyer
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu