Cat No:
CRISS1361CD
Release Date: 21 October 2013
Label: Criss Cross Jazz
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8712474136124
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
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Description
Tenor saxophonist Dayna Stephens is poised, poetic and furiously swinging on his second Criss Cross effort, I'll Take My Chances, a follow-up to his remarkable 2012 release Today Is Tomorrow.
The quintet features guitarist Charles Altura, a newcomer to Criss Cross and a key melodic and solo voice throughout. Pianist Gerald Clayton, brings keen virtuosity and harmonic insight to Stephens' challenging, deeply lyrical compositions. Bassist Joe Sanders achieves an effortless sense of connection with drummer Bill Stewart, a veteran of over 20 Criss Cross sessions, not to mention one of the great influential players of the last 20 years.
Along with 5 originals, Field of Landmines by Stephens and Marcus Gilmore,Adrift by Aaron Parks and a hard-swinging reinvention of Brad Mehldau's Unrequited, Stephens also includes a rhapsodic treatment of Ellington's Prelude to a Kiss, featuring guest vocalist Becca Stevens.
There's also a striking departure: a track with Clayton on organ and the leader on husky, soul-drenched baritone sax. -
Tracklisting
- 1. Good Tree, Good Fruit
- 2. JFK International
- 3. Adrift
- 4. Dirty
- 5. Unrequited I
- 6. Prelude To A Kiss
- 7. Field Of Landmines
- 8. I'll Take My Chances
- 9. Weezy
- 10. Unrequited II
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