Tara Davidson (alt/sop); Joehl Frahm (ten); William Carn (tmb); Adrean Farrugia (pno); Dan Loomis (bs); Ernesto Cervini (dms).
(Review by Lance).
Canadian drummer, Cervini, has assembled a Jazz Messengers' styled outfit that successfully incorporates the mood of what many consider to be the greatest modern jazz combo ever into a band for today.
Whilst retaining the almost unstoppable drive of Blakey's band Cervani, no lightweight behind the kit himself, has brought the music alive again for newer listeners with some superb originals of his own as well as reinventing Bird's Red Cross, Jarrett's The Windup and Claude's [Debussy] The Engulfed Cathedral - I doubt if the original Messengers would have got anywhere near this!
The horns blow in the hard bop tradition yet manage to respect Debussy on the latter number. If, at times, it may have been thought Debussy was turning in his grave, rest assured it was only so he could hear this gorgeous piece better.
Apart from being a fine drummer, composer and arranger, Cervani is very much a promoter of Canadian jazz and this CD is as good an example as you're going to hear of what is happening across the [North American] border today.
Lance.
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