Michael Dease - City Life- Music of Gregg Hill (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Michael Dease has fully earned his stature as one of the great trombonists and jazz figures of these times. His formidably on the instrument, matched by his pursuit of inspired musical challenges and robust partnerships, is fully on display in the double CD, "City Life," his third album devoted to the music of composer Gregg Hill. Teaming with two of the more powerful voices in music - bassist Linda May Oh and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts - Dease devotes Disc One to a kinetically charged trio environment, capturing the gritty side of City Life by sparring freely with his trio mates while they masterfully cohabitate the flow of time. Disc Two adds saxophonist Nicole Glover and pianist Geoffrey Keezer to the soundscape, which may reflect a sophisticated counterview, with each disc capturing a perspective of the contradictions that make up "City Life." Dease proves yet again that straight-ahead post-bop can prove to be fertile ground for musical ingenuity and emotional heft as he tips, grandly, to composer Gregg Hill. DOWNBEAT"Dease modernizes the style significantly, energizes it, and gives it a new dimension. He skillfully handles both the most lively and the most poetic" PARIS MOVE.

TRACKLIST

1. Michael Dease - Willow Walks In
2. Michael Dease - City Life
3. Michael Dease - Danger Zone
4. Michael Dease - Movie Theme
5. Michael Dease - Sweet Georgia Gillespie
6. Michael Dease - Double Bill
7. Michael Dease - Claxilever
8. Michael Dease - Catalyst
9. Michael Dease - Say What!?
10. Michael Dease - Movie Theme (Reprise)
11. Michael Dease - Tea Time
12. Michael Dease - The Classic II
13. Michael Dease - Grave Concerns
14. Michael Dease - Mr. Hurt
15. Michael Dease - Rainy Afternoon
16. Michael Dease - Enigma
17. Michael Dease - Skittles
18. Michael Dease - Blues for Herb
19. Michael Dease - Lafayette Square



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