Description
SPONDANCE is the 1986 octet album of pianist Jim Doherty’s jazz suite, recorded with close friends Louis Stewart and Bobby Shew, and the cream of Los Angeles musicians (Bob Sheppard: alto, Gordon Brisker: tenor, Randy Aldcroft: trombone, Tom Warrington: bass, and Billy Mintz: drums).
The six tracks deliver a fine example of modern jazz ensemble playing, including ballads, jazz-blues, Latin, bop, and swing, with great solos.
The compositions are based on a strong narrative, linking the brass, woodwind and guitar with specific characters and scenarios, which in particular, influence the solos. Though recorded nearly 40 years ago, the suite maintains its vibrancy and relevance.
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SPONDANCE is the 1986 octet album of pianist Jim Doherty’s jazz suite, recorded with close friends Louis Stewart and Bobby Shew, and the cream of Los Angeles musicians (Bob Sheppard: alto, Gordon Brisker: tenor, Randy Aldcroft: trombone, Tom Warrington: bass, and Billy Mintz: drums). The six tracks deliver a fine example of modern jazz ensemble playing, including ballads, jazz-blues, Latin, bop, and swing, with great solos.
Jim Doherty is a veteran of the Irish jazz scene, who also worked extensively as a session musician and composer/arranger for both TV and theatre.
On SPONDANCE’s initial release, the Irish Times said of Louis Stewart’s playing, “Louis Stewart has not been captured better on record.” And of the full band, “they all deliver on Doherty’s attractive, thoughtful charts.”
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| Track# | Track listing | Time |
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| 1 | Nordic Maiden | 7:01 |
| 2 | When Two People Meet | 7:24 |
| 3 | Bertha D. Blooze | 6:23 |
| 4 | El Sponzo | 5:40 |
| 5 | Sergeant Bones | 4:51 |
| 6 | Maybe It’s You | 8:46 |
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