Having
already other projects with a quartet and a quintet and having written many
arrangements for Big Band, the idea of this collective arose because it is
different from what he has done and above all to challenge himself to present a
record with its own identity and to approach the songs with innovation and
freshness.
For
this album César Cardoso choose 8 songs, 6 of which are Jazz Standards made
famous by some of the greatest tenor saxophonists - Hank Mobley, Benny Golson,
John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins and Joe Henderson -, and composed 2
original songs to complete the album.
These arrangements contain new approaches and techniques, recently
studied, with the intention of creating songs as if they were new ones but at
the same time without losing the essence of the originals. In addition, one of
the premises was to raise the musical level through harmonic, rhythmic and
metric complexity, without losing the musical side, making everything as
organic as possible.
In
César Cardoso’s career there are 3 albums, all with original music - “Half
Step” (2010), “Bottom Shelf” (2015) and “Interchange” (2018) -, more than 100
arrangements for Orchestras and Big Bands - written mainly for the Jazz
Orchestra of Leiria and for the Jazz Orchestra of Hot Clube de Portugal - plus
2 books, written in Portuguese, about Jazz Theory.
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César
Cardoso – tenor saxophone and arrangements
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Jason Palmer – trumpet
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Miguel Zenón – alto saxophone
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Massimo Morganti – trombone
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Jeffery Davis – vibraphone
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Óscar Graça – piano
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Demian Cabaud – double bass
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Marcos Cavaleiro – drums
