A delightful album from the Canadian Jazz Collective that was actually recorded in the legendary MPS studio in the Black Forest where another Canadian recorded so many classic tracks - Oscar Peterson.
The recording here is of the same high standard that helped to make those Peterson tracks so memorable and, with today's advanced technology, perhaps even higher.
The eight compositions, all originals, comprise three by Lofsky and Gardner and two by Kirk MacDonald whose daughter Virginia has some pertinent clarinet solos. Always good to hear the old 'gobbo' in a contemporary setting.
Although all have good solos it is, as the name implies, the collectivity of the ensembles that provides the telling moments just as, in a totally different way, Miles' Birth of the Cool band did in 1949. Kirk MacDonald is quoted as saying "it's the idea that the whole should be greater than the sum of the parts".
Maybe, I'll call it a score draw. Whatever, it's an excellent album with informative liner notes by London Jazz News' Sebastian Scotney. Lance
Release date is April 28 on CD, Digital & Collector Edition Vinyl LP. There's also a launch at Ronnie's on May 13
Dig That; The Time Being; Waltz You Needn't; Silent Voices; Highway 9; Shadows; Terre de DuSable; One Thing Led to Another
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