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The Alchemist

Scott Reeves Quintet

The Alchemist

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Origin Records
UPC: 0805558282621
Catnr: ORIGIN 82826
Release date: 15 October 2021
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Label
Origin Records
UPC
0805558282621
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ORIGIN 82826
Release date
15 October 2021
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About the album

Having spent the last decade focused on compositions and recordings for his Jazz Orchestra, Scott Reeves took some time during the pandemic to revisit unreleased recordings from his quintet, which put out several albums during the 2000s. Discovering this set recorded live at Harlem's City College of New York in 2005, Reeves re-experienced the palpable chemistry and magic of the night as the band was connecting in a deeply musical place. He had been experimenting with electronic enhancements to his alto flugelhorn and alto valve trombone at the time. In combination with Russ Spiegel’s electric guitar on the melodies, and alongside Mike Holober’s piano and Fender Rhodes orchestrations, they uncovered a border between the warmth of more traditional forms of jazz and the edginess of more experimental explorations. The quintet is rounded out by veteran New York musicians, bassist Howard Britz and drummer Andy Watson.
Nachdem er sich im letzten Jahrzehnt auf Kompositionen und Aufnahmen für sein Jazz Orchestra konzentriert hatte, nahm sich Scott Reeves während der Pandemie einige Zeit, um unveröffentlichte Aufnahmen seines Quintetts, das in den 2000er Jahren mehrere Alben herausbrachte, wiederzuentdecken. Als er dieses Set entdeckte, das 2005 im City College of New York in Harlem live aufgenommen wurde, erlebte Reeves erneut die spürbare Chemie und Magie des Abends, als die Band an einem tief musikalischen Ort zusammenkam. Zu dieser Zeit experimentierte er mit elektronischen Erweiterungen für sein Alt-Flügelhorn und seine Alt-Ventilposaune. In Kombination mit Russ Spiegels E-Gitarre auf den Melodien und zusammen mit Mike Holobers Klavier und Fender Rhodes Orchestrierungen entdeckten sie eine Grenze zwischen der Wärme traditionellerer Formen des Jazz und der Schärfe experimentellerer Erkundungen. Vervollständigt wird das Quintett durch die New Yorker Veteranen Howard Britz am Bass und Andy Watson am Schlagzeug.

Artist(s)

Scott Reeves (piano)

Scott Reeves, a NYC-based trombonist and alto flugelhornist, is a charter member and arranger for the big bands of Dave Liebman and Bill Mobley. He has also performed with the Vanguard Orchestra, Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, the Oliver Lake Big Band, and many notable NYC jazz musicians. His quintet CD's 'Congressional Roll Call,' & 'Shape Shifter,' and Manhattan Bones' 'Tribute,' feature musicians such as saxophonist Rich Perry and pianists James Williams and Kenny Werner. As a composer, he has been commissioned by groups such as the Global Jazz Orchestra and the Kyoto Jazz Orchestra in Japan and the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. A veteran college jazz professor, Scott is Director of Jazz Studies at The City College of...
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Scott Reeves, a NYC-based trombonist and alto flugelhornist, is a charter member and arranger for the big bands of Dave Liebman and Bill Mobley. He has also performed with the Vanguard Orchestra, Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, the Oliver Lake Big Band, and many notable NYC jazz musicians. His quintet CD's "Congressional Roll Call," & "Shape Shifter," and Manhattan Bones' "Tribute," feature musicians such as saxophonist Rich Perry and pianists James Williams and Kenny Werner. As a composer, he has been commissioned by groups such as the Global Jazz Orchestra and the Kyoto Jazz Orchestra in Japan and the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. A veteran college jazz professor, Scott is Director of Jazz Studies at The City College of New York and has previously taught at five other colleges, including the Juilliard School. His two texts on jazz improvisation, Creative Jazz Improvisation and Creative Beginnings - published by Prentice Hall, are widely used by colleges worldwide.

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Scott Reeves (trombone)

Scott Reeves, a NYC-based trombonist and alto flugelhornist, is a charter member and arranger for the big bands of Dave Liebman and Bill Mobley. He has also performed with the Vanguard Orchestra, Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, the Oliver Lake Big Band, and many notable NYC jazz musicians. His quintet CD's 'Congressional Roll Call,' & 'Shape Shifter,' and Manhattan Bones' 'Tribute,' feature musicians such as saxophonist Rich Perry and pianists James Williams and Kenny Werner. As a composer, he has been commissioned by groups such as the Global Jazz Orchestra and the Kyoto Jazz Orchestra in Japan and the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. A veteran college jazz professor, Scott is Director of Jazz Studies at The City College of...
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Scott Reeves, a NYC-based trombonist and alto flugelhornist, is a charter member and arranger for the big bands of Dave Liebman and Bill Mobley. He has also performed with the Vanguard Orchestra, Chico O'Farrill's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, the Oliver Lake Big Band, and many notable NYC jazz musicians. His quintet CD's "Congressional Roll Call," & "Shape Shifter," and Manhattan Bones' "Tribute," feature musicians such as saxophonist Rich Perry and pianists James Williams and Kenny Werner. As a composer, he has been commissioned by groups such as the Global Jazz Orchestra and the Kyoto Jazz Orchestra in Japan and the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. A veteran college jazz professor, Scott is Director of Jazz Studies at The City College of New York and has previously taught at five other colleges, including the Juilliard School. His two texts on jazz improvisation, Creative Jazz Improvisation and Creative Beginnings - published by Prentice Hall, are widely used by colleges worldwide.

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