Chris Rottmayer finds inspiration in Paris and the music of Mulgrew Miller with the Woody Shaw Quintet on his new album of all-primary compositions, Getting.
Chris Rottmayer, a multifaceted jazz artist, composer and Lecturer of Music Concept at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, provides Becoming as his fourth release as a bandleader, featuring an all-unique application. The album is a captivating fusion of inspirations, with half of its tracks drawing from the ambience of the metropolis of Paris and the other 50 percent stemming from Rottmeyer’s exploration of Mulgrew Miller’s get the job done with the Woody Shaw Quintet, delving into their harmonic and modal ideas. The new music is executed with Russ Johnson on trumpet and flugelhorn, Matt Endres on drums, and jazz luminary Rufus Reid on acoustic bass.
“Reid collaborated frequently with Miller,” says Rottmayer through an official press launch, “and recording with Reid has assisted me connect with Miller on a degree further than I could via listening to recordings or through particular analyze.” Opening with the dynamic “On the Avenue Where Woody Lives,” the album not only showcases virtuosic performances and impeccable chemistry shared amid the musicians but also offers a noteworthy contrafact of Shaw’s “Green St. Caper,” itself a reinterpretation of the common “On Environmentally friendly Dolphin Avenue,” featuring an extra layer of creative resonance.
Listen to “On the Road Wherever Woody Lives,” our Track of the Day, by using the player down below. Remaining, the most current album by Chris Rottmayer, is out there now on Shifting Paradigm. Buy it right here.
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