AVAILABLE NOW:
Saxophonist/Vocalist BOB MOVER
Releases Two-Disc Set, My Heart Tells Me,
Via Motéma Music
Disc One Features Mover's Vocals on Deeply Soulful Standards
While Disc Two is Primarily Original Instrumentals
"There
is something for everyone on this two CD set. Winning compositions,
warm vocals, and brilliant playing from an all-star cast. It's well past
time for Bob Mover to move into the big name spotlight." - Audiophile Audition
Bob Mover
has attracted generations of listeners with his versatility, emotional
depth and technical command on alto, tenor and soprano saxophones.
Through his sideman stints with such legends as Chet Baker, Charles
Mingus and Jaki Byard, and his work as a leader since the mid-'70s,
Mover has attained the highest level of individuality and authority on
his instruments - not just mastering the saxophone lineage but also
claiming a place of honor within it.
Born
in Boston, Mover relocated to Florida at age 12 and took up the horn
the following year. At the age of 13, Mover came under the influence of
Ira Sullivan, who he remains close friends with to this day. After
leaving high school at the age of 17 to pursue his career, Mover
bypassed a more traditional route of attending a music conservatory or
arts-focused school. Instead, he studied with highly regarded jazz
veterans such as Phil Woods, Al Cohn, and Richie Kamuca. While still a
teenager, Mover had already sat in at the old Half Note in New York with
the likes of Roy Eldridge, James Moody, and Zoot Sims, and others. In
recent years Mover has also cultivated a sound and style as a vocalist,
as heard on his 2008 release It Amazes Me... Following up that strong effort on his new two-disc release My Heart Tells Me, Mover divides his time between two different but closely related aesthetics.
Disc
one showcases Mover singing a set of deeply soulful yet unaffected
standards (the one instrumental is Cole Porter's "Get Out of Town").
Disc two is wholly instrumental (save for the Kenny Dorham ballad "Fair
Weather"), with trumpet and occasional second tenor added, and the tunes
are mainly Mover's own. This vocal/instrumental set follows in the
spirit of Mover's one-time cohort, Chet Baker.
From beginning to end on My Heart Tells Me, Mover invites us to breathe with him as well. In the words of Chuck Berg, writing in DownBeat magazine, "Mover's music rings with a profundity that speaks to both heart and mind."
Bob Mover · My Heart Tells Me
Motéma Music · Release Date: June 11, 2013
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