AVAILABLE NOW:
BOB JAMES & DAVID SANBORN - QUARTETTE HUMAINE
FIRST TOUR TOGETHER INCLUDES 23 NORTH AMERICAN CITIES,
KICKS OFF JUNE 6 IN NEW YORK
"...a
mature recording that features warm writing, intelligent improvising,
and a band that is keenly listening as it plays together." - PopMatters
OKeh is proud to release keyboardist-composer-arranger
Bob James and alto saxophonist David Sanborn's new album, Quartette Humaine
(available now - May 21, 2013).
The project is the first collaboration between the two musicians since
their 1986 Platinum-selling, GRAMMY® Award-winning album, Double Vision. Despite Double Vision's commercial success, James/Sanborn never toured. With Quartette Humaine, the pair will tour for the first time, embarking on a 23-city North American run (tour dates listed below). The tour kicks off at Town Hall in New York on June 6.
It's a poignant coincidence that the recording sessions occurred a week after the death of the iconic pianist composer Dave Brubeck, who the protagonists were thinking of as they gestated Quartette Humaine. On
their second go-round, the old masters eschew the pop and R&B
production values that mark large chunks of their respective
discographies, and offer instead an all-acoustic, straight-ahead jazz
quartet recital consisting of four new compositions by James (one
directly inspired by Brubeck's famed "Blue Rondo à la Turk"), three
pieces by Sanborn, and two James-arranged covers. Propelled by
legendary drummer Steve Gadd and 21st century bass giant James Genus, the proceedings are reflective, swinging, chock-a-block with unfailingly melodic improvising and beautiful tonalities
Bob James & David Sanborn -
Quartette Humaine North American Tour:
June 6 / Town Hall / New York, NY
June 8 / Fraze Pavillon / Kettering, OH
June 9 / Capital Jazz Fest / Columbia, MD
June 14 / Rotary Amphitheatre / Fresno, CA
June 15 / Thornton Winery / Temecula, CA
June 16 / Playboy Jazz Festival / Los Angeles, CA
June 17 / SFJAZZ Center / San Francisco, CA
June 19 / Schermerhorn Symphony Center / Nashville, TN
June 20 / Jazziz Night Life / Boca Raton, FL
June 21 / Plaza Live / Orlando, FL
June 22 / Palladium Theater / St. Petersburg, FL
June 24 / Ottawa Jazz Fest / Ottawa, ON
June 25 / Toronto Jazz Fest / Toronto, CA
June 26 / Chene Park / Detroit, MI
June 27 / Rochester Jazz Fest / Rochester, NY
June 28 / Keswick Theatre / Glenside, PA
June 29 / Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Fest / Saratoga, NY
June 30 / Hampton Jazz Fest / Hampton, VA
August 24 / Mountain View Plaza / Snoqualmie, WA
August 25 / Esther Short Park / Vancouver, WA
October 24 / St. Cecilia Music Center / Grand Rapids, MI
October 25 / Manchester's Craftsman's Guild / Pittsburgh, PA
October 27 / The State Theater / New Brunswick, NJ
| Bob James & David Sanborn - The Making of Quartette Humaine |
For more information on Bob James, please visit: bobjames.com
For more information on David Sanborn, please visit: davidsanborn.com
Bob James & David Sanborn · Quartette Humaine
OKeh· Release Date: May 21, 2013
Sony
Masterworks comprises Masterworks Broadway, Masterworks, OKeh,
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