Yellowjackets -][- Run for Your Life [GRP Records]

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Bob Mintzer, Jazz, Jimmy Haslip, Russell Ferrante, William Kennedy, Yellowjackets

Yellowjackets - Run for Your Life

Yellowjackets -][- Run for Your Life – [GRP Records, 1994] –Review–

At any given moment, it seems more often then not I’m ushered into what or not to listen too. After all, time is precious. Recently my ears have been itching to hear the upcoming debut by the Yellowjackets on Mack Avenue Records. In the meantime, it was inevitable that I had to dive into something that would temporarily sustain my hunger so why not spin “Run for Your Life” their 1994 recording on GRP Records.

As the distinctive flavors of “Jacket Town, The Red Sea, Muhammed, Ancestors, City of Lights and Wisdom” wait in que I’m suddenly moved to press play. Within seconds the music begins to slowly bleed through the speaker system to unleash one by one an unbridled soundscape of melodies clothed in a expansive fabric of acoustic and electric textures exudes with a twist of unstrained emotions. The intricacies of these melodies summoned me into a deeper chromosphere to explore the unyielding details of African influences swelling from within the body that’s firmly anchored to the rhythmic and complex voicing’s underneath explodes into an infallible stream of infectious grooves. Meanwhile as time passes, I’m reminded as a self-proclaimed jazz enthusiasts I simply can’t ignore the fact that this project (among many by them) by this seasoned ensemble is worth recommending to virtually anyone I meet along the way that claims to love jazz.

AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER ROB MOSHER CREATES 31 BACH-STYLE CHORALES IN 31 DAYS IN CELEBRATION OF HIS 31ST BIRTHDAY

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Jazz, Rob Mosher, Saxophonist

Mosher Plans to raise $3,100 through http://www.Kickstarter.com to Record the Music

“Mosher does for music what Renoir has done for art.” – JazzReview.com … “A gifted composer who offers a fresh and updated approach.” – All About Jazz

Rob Mosher

Rob Mosher is no slacker. The award-winning composer and soprano saxophonist decided to give himself the challenge of a lifetime: write 31 Bach-style chorales in 31 days in celebration of his 31st birthday and blog about the experience. The month-long project is already underway – it began October 20th – Mosher blogs his progress each day at http://www.robmosher.com and at http://kck.st/bsdEj8 updating about his compositional process and posting that day’s chorale.

In addition, he’s in the midst of raising $3,100 – through http://www.kickstarter.com – in order to fund the recording and digital release of the pieces by his quartet – Mosher on soprano sax, Micah Killion on trumpet and flugelhorn, Peter Hess on bass clarinet and tenor sax and Nathan Turner on tuba. He’s over halfway to raising the funds, which need to be pledged by November 19th, otherwise the project doesn’t go through at all, part of Kickstarter’s unique all-or nothing policy.