Steve Slagle
Alto Manhattan
CD Release Shows
Mon., Jan. 2nd
One Set 10:00 pm
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82 W 3rd btw. Sullivan/Thompson
NYC
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Fri. & Sat. Jan. 13-14 10:30 pm
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183 W 10th St
New York, NY 10014
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Featuring
Steve Slagle--alto sax & flute
Lawrence Fields--piano
Gerald Cannon--bass
Jason Tiemann--drums
Artist: Steve Slagle
Title: Alto Manahattan
Label: Panorama Records 006
Artists Website: www.steveslagle.com
Release Date: JANUARY 6 2017
UPC Code: 888295511872
Track listing, track times:
1. FAMILY 7:05
2. ALTO MANHATTAN 3:52
3. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW 7:01
4. (SOLO ALTO) BODY & SOUL 4:58
5. INCEPTION 5:55
6. GUESS I’LL HANG MY TEARS OUT TO DRY 6:29
7. (QUINTET) (ALTO MANHATTAN) A.M. 4:09
8. (IN MEMORY OF TOOTS THIELEMANS) HOLIDAY 5:27
9. VIVA LA FAMALIA 6:57
STEVE SLAGLE: alto saxophone (1-7), flute (8 & 9)
JOE LOVANO: tenor saxophone (1 &7), G mezzo soprano (8)
LAWRENCE FIELDS: piano
GERALD CANNON: bass
ROMAN DIAZ: congas (1, 8 & 9)
BILL STEWART: drums
All compositions by Steve Slagle,
Except “Body & Soul” by J. Green;
“Guess I’ll Hang My Tears Out to Dry”;
J. Styne & S. Cahn; ”Inception” by M. Tyner
Produced By: Steve Slagle
Executive Producer: Rick Simpson
Recorded August 6, 2016 At Trading 8’s Studio, Paramus, NJ Recording & Mix Engineer: Chris Sulit
Photography & Graphic Design: Christopher Drukker
Steve
Slagle on Alto Sax and Flute leads a new recording with a great line-up
of diverse players who inspire a wide range of music playing five new
exciting originals for the first time, as well as two classics and one
solo alto sax piece.
Alto Manhattan, is latino for the NYC neighborhood steve lives
in-‘upper manhattan’or ‘the heights’ and the program here is:
FAMILY—This composition for 2 saxes+2 drums is pure jazz, with Cuba and
Africa in the make-up of what is a big family. Note Roman Diaz,from
Cuba, and his great sound on Conga, as well as the whole group
inter-play--all in the family! ALTO MANHATTAN, song #2 is so nice they
play it twice! The first fiery take is with quartet and then later down
the line Joe Lovano is added on tenor to create another harmony ( A.M.)
Bill Stewarts contribution,on both takes, proves,as many know, he is one
of a kind as a drummer.
I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW is a lyrical alto blues oriented song that allows
everyone to ‘let their hair down’. Bassist Gerald Cannon gets all the
way down here!
BODY+SOUL showcases Steve’s Alto alone, joining the canon of sax players
who have attempted this classic ballad as a solo piece. Done in one
take, Steve references Monk,Duke,’Bird and Ornette (twice!) within the
structure of this classic song.
INCEPTION came about after Slagle recently was asked to play with McCoy
Tyners Quartet. This challenging McCoy composition eventually opens up
into an extended minor blues. This is the first take of the date and
notice the immediate empathy of all the players! I GUESS I’LL HANG MY
TEARS OUT TO DRY, a beautiful ballad starting with the often forgotten
verse, is given the romantic treatment here..Lawrence Fields piano
mastery helps make this a shining version of a deep song.
Finally Alto Manhattan ends with two flute pieces which are also very
central to the sound of the record. HOLIDAY, the most thru-composed
piece of the date,Slagle first wrote with harmonica master Toots
Thielman in mind and dedicates this first recording of the song in
memory of maestro Toots. Joe Lovanos G mezzo soprano along with the
sound of the flute really takes the listener on a musical vacation.
And with that, we have VIVA LA FAMALIA to end the proceedings -- a jam
for 2 drums,bass and the flute lead. A fresh,original first take played
spontaneously at the end of this unique and outstanding recording.
Yes,Viva la Famalia!!
