Grandma Mickey
Jeff Silverbush
© Copyright-Jeff Silverbush
(783707147307)
Record Label: Dodo Records
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Jeff Silverbush, tenor and soprano saxophones, composer
Jacob Garchik, trombone
Jacob Sacks, piano
Ed Fuqua, acoustic upright bass
John Bollinger, drums
Grandma Mickey is an album of thirteen compositions, all written by the band's leader, many of which are based on the songs that birds sing.
Some of the compositions quote snippets of birdsong. Other compositions are based entirely on birdsong. The ensuing improvisation explores the relationship between birdsong and music.
During the two years prior to the recording sessions, the musicians on Grandma Mickey regularly worked together in New York jazz clubs, shaping and refining the music. The result is a cohesive, focused album filled with darting melodies, impassioned improvisation and pensive explorations.
Some of the birdsong upon which the compositions are based is included at the end of the CD. The booklet accompanying the CD contains information about these birds.
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Modern Jazz with diverse influences and wonderful group playing!
author: Bruce Lindfield
A genuinely 'modern' Jazz recording - no standards,swing, everybody solos and head out! But rather - group interplay, free blowing and influences from other musical worlds than Jazz - most obviously of course Olivier Messiaen; whose love of transcribed birdsong is mentioned in the liner notes by Jeff Silverbush - but who is also heard in some of the piano chording.
A lot of the tracks are shorter than I might have expected and it's like we are briefly dipping into sound worlds that Jeff has created - I can imagine that live, these pieces will be stretched and manipulated by the players, who do hint at the kind of group inteplay that informs the best live Jazz.
So in a sense the music feels restrained by the format and this is why I have given 4 stars - but I'm sure that if I saw this group playing the same material live in a small club, it would merit as many stars as I was allowed!!
It's definitely my kind of Jazz and I would recommend it to anybody who wants to hear where Jazz is today (rather than in the 1960s) and where it's going in future!
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