Rising tenor saxophone star & 2013 Thelonious Monk International
Jazz Competition winner (first female instrumentalist & first South
American in the history of the competition) Melissa Aldana releases her
second trio album (and fourth as a leader), unveiling powerful music by
herself and her illustrious bandmates with the explorative and deeply
swinging "Back Home". Pablo Menares, Aldana's fellow native of Santiago,
Chile, is on acoustic bass. On drums is the in- demand Jochen Rueckert,
bringing a supple and unpredictable rhythmic élan to the session. These
three musicians turn on a dime and project an uncommonly full
orchestral sound, rich in spiritual intensity, all in the absence of a
harmony instrument. "Back Home" was recorded at Sear Sound in NYC on
June 6+7, 2015. It was engineered by James Farber and mastered by Greg
Calbi, two of the top recording engineers in the world. The end result
is a intimate, full-bodied sound, with exceptional clarity, expanse and
color.
