New Release Strykin' Ahead
Upcoming Live Appearances
Dave Stryker Strykin' Ahead
(Strikezone 8815)
Street Date: September 1, 2017
Dave Stryker –guitar
Steve Nelson –vibes
Jared Gold – organ
McClenty Hunter – drums
Dave Stryker is a 2017 DownBeat Critics Poll Finalist
Advance Praise For Strykin' Ahead
If you have chops like Dave’s; his musical sensibilities; his uncanny ability to put together interesting instrumentations; his skill at selecting just the right band mates to make Jazz with; wouldn’t you want to work all the time, too?
It becomes like anything you’re good at; you want to do it as often as possible but occasionally vary the context to keep it from getting stale.
– Steven Cerra Jazz Profiles
A real burner of a set, it feels like an artifact from the past, unreleased from Bluenote/Verve, but it’s modern, contemporary touches are well evident showing how a cat that’s been hitting all the right notes for all these years can’t make a false step now. - CHRIS SPECTOR, Midwest Record Editor and Publisher
I give Dave and his talented crew a MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, with an “EQ” (energy quotient) rating of 4.99 for this one… and keep in mind that you heard it here first… this one is BOUND for the awards.
- Dick Metcalf Improvijazzation Nation
A mainstream record of undignified beauty. - Vittorio Lo Conte Musiczoom
Artist: Dave Stryker
Title: Strykin’ Ahead
Label: Strikezone Records 8815
Artists Website: www.davestryker.com
Release Date: September 1, 2017
UPC Code: 88829560583
Advance Praise For Strykin' Ahead
If you have chops like Dave’s; his musical sensibilities; his uncanny ability to put together interesting instrumentations; his skill at selecting just the right band mates to make Jazz with; wouldn’t you want to work all the time, too?
It becomes like anything you’re good at; you want to do it as often as possible but occasionally vary the context to keep it from getting stale.
– Steven Cerra Jazz Profiles
A real burner of a set, it feels like an artifact from the past, unreleased from Bluenote/Verve, but it’s modern, contemporary touches are well evident showing how a cat that’s been hitting all the right notes for all these years can’t make a false step now. - CHRIS SPECTOR, Midwest Record Editor and Publisher
I give Dave and his talented crew a MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, with an “EQ” (energy quotient) rating of 4.99 for this one… and keep in mind that you heard it here first… this one is BOUND for the awards.
- Dick Metcalf Improvijazzation Nation
A mainstream record of undignified beauty. - Vittorio Lo Conte Musiczoom
Artist: Dave Stryker
Title: Strykin’ Ahead
Label: Strikezone Records 8815
Artists Website: www.davestryker.com
Release Date: September 1, 2017
UPC Code: 88829560583
Track listing, track times:
1 SHADOWBOXING Dave Stryker (D. Strike Music BMI) 5:59
2 FOOTPRINTS Wayne Shorter (Miyako Music BMI) 6:39
3 NEW YOU Dave Stryker (D.Strike Music BMI) 5:50
4 PASSION FLOWER Billy Strayhorn (Billy Strayhorn Songs Inc ASCAP)
5:33 5 STRYKIN’ AHEAD Dave Stryker (D. Strike Music BMI) 6:12
2 FOOTPRINTS Wayne Shorter (Miyako Music BMI) 6:39
3 NEW YOU Dave Stryker (D.Strike Music BMI) 5:50
4 PASSION FLOWER Billy Strayhorn (Billy Strayhorn Songs Inc ASCAP)
5:33 5 STRYKIN’ AHEAD Dave Stryker (D. Strike Music BMI) 6:12
6 BLUES DOWN DEEP Dave Stryker (D. Strike Music BMI) 7:15
7 JOY SPRING Clifford Brown (Second Floor Music BMI) 8:12
8 WHO CAN I TURN TO Newley/ Bricusse (Musical Comedy Prod Inc BMI) 7:32
9 DONNA LEE Charlie Parker (Atlantic Music Corp BMI) 6:27
7 JOY SPRING Clifford Brown (Second Floor Music BMI) 8:12
8 WHO CAN I TURN TO Newley/ Bricusse (Musical Comedy Prod Inc BMI) 7:32
9 DONNA LEE Charlie Parker (Atlantic Music Corp BMI) 6:27
DAVE STRYKER guitar STEVE NELSON vibraphone JARED GOLD organ McCLENTY HUNTER drums
The
notion of moving forward by triangulating a space between creative and
pragmatic imperatives is a consistent thread throughout Dave Stryker’s
four decades in the jazz business, not least on Strykin’ Ahead, his 28th
CD as a leader. Stryker augments his working trio of Jared Gold on
organ and McClenty Hunter on drums with vibraphone player Steve Nelson,
all on-board for a second go-round after their stellar contri- butions
to last year’s Eight-Track II. Like the leader, Nelson is a
preternaturally flexible and in-the-moment improviser with deep roots in
the tradition who knows how to push the envelope without damaging the
contents. Stryker internalized those imperatives on a 1984-1986 run with
Brother Jack McDuff, and he received further invaluable training in the
art of musical communication during a decade on the road with Stanley
Turrentine, to whom he paid homage on the 2015 release Don’t Mess With
Mister T.
In contrast to his Eight Track II conception of putting his spin on pop hits of his formative years, Stryker returns to his long-standing practice of presenting originals and reharmonized standards from the jazz and show music songbooks. "Shadowboxing" is a burning 14-bar minor blues; his well-considered chordal variations on Wayne Shorter's "Footprints" proceed to a simmering 5/4 figure. Next is "New You" (a stimulating Stryker contrafact of the oft-played "There Will Never Be Another You"). He personalizes Billy Strayhorn's "Passion Flower," set to Hunter's insinuating bossa-funk groove. The title track “Strykin’ Ahead” has a Cadillac-racing-down-the-
In contrast to his Eight Track II conception of putting his spin on pop hits of his formative years, Stryker returns to his long-standing practice of presenting originals and reharmonized standards from the jazz and show music songbooks. "Shadowboxing" is a burning 14-bar minor blues; his well-considered chordal variations on Wayne Shorter's "Footprints" proceed to a simmering 5/4 figure. Next is "New You" (a stimulating Stryker contrafact of the oft-played "There Will Never Be Another You"). He personalizes Billy Strayhorn's "Passion Flower," set to Hunter's insinuating bossa-funk groove. The title track “Strykin’ Ahead” has a Cadillac-racing-down-the-
That
Stryker knows his Albert King is evident on the slow-drag “Blues Down
Deep,” which evokes wee-hours third sets in the inner city grills and
lounges of Stryker’s apprentice years. He knows his bebop, too. On
Clifford Brown’s “Joy Spring,” the solo flights over Stryker’s
“modernized” progressions transpire over Hunter’s drum-bass beats and
crisp, medium-up four-on-the cymbal; on the chopbusting “Donna Lee,” all
members springboard off a churchy vamp and Hunter’s funk-infused swing.
“I’ve always wanted to write vehicles that are fun and interesting to blow over,” Stryker says. “Trying to come up with a beautiful melody that lasts is very fulfilling. Writing is a big part of my voice in this music.” Stryker is too modest to say that his voice is also a big part of jazz, to which he’s devoted a career marked by consistent application of the values that he espouses. But that’s all right—I’ll say it for him.
(edited liner notes from Ted Panken)
Produced by Dave Stryker
Executive Producer - Rick Simpson
Engineered and Mixed by Chris Sulit at Trading 8’s Studio, Paramus NJ on June 28, 2016
Executive Producer - Rick Simpson
Engineered and Mixed by Chris Sulit at Trading 8’s Studio, Paramus NJ on June 28, 2016
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Upcoming Live Appearances
Sun July 2-July 14Dave Stryker Clinician at Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop
Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshop
University of Louisville / Louisville KY Sat July 29 – 8:00pm and 10:00pmDave Stryker Quartet
• Dave Stryker – guitar
• Jared Gold – organ • Sylvia Cuenca-drums • Special Guest Trumpets 6 Depot Square | Montclair, NJ Sun Aug 6 – Aug 12Dave Stryker Clinician at Samba Meets Jazz Workshop
Samba Meets Jazz
College of the Atlantic / Bar Harbor Maine Fri Aug 25 – 8:00pmDave Stryker Quintet w/ Eric Alexander and Steve Nelson
• Dave Stryker – guitar
• Eric Alexander – tenor sax • Steve Nelson – vibraphone • Jared Gold – organ • Byron Landham – drums Northwest Jazz Festival – Lewiston NY Lewiston NY Sat Aug 26 – 8:30pm – 10:30pmDave Stryker Quartet w/ Eric Alexander
• Dave Stryker – guitar
• Eric Alexander – tenor sax • Jared Gold – organ • Byron Landham – drums Nighttown – Cleveland OH 12383 Cedar Rd, Cleveland, OH (216) 795-0550
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