Chip White is a veteran East
Coaster with years of experience, and with many highly esteemed jazz stars. He
also is an excellent poet, and here on volume five in a long series, he demonstrates
his compositional and poetic skills at their best. His nine originals on one of
two CDs finds him in the company of superb talent such as Terell Stafford,
trumpet; Wycliffe Gordon, trombone; Bruce Williams, alto and soprano saxes;
Renee Rosnes, piano; and other star power players. White's writing is very much
along fiery, Blue Note-like bop with heavy duty solo opportunities for nearly
all. CD#2 is a showcase for White's poetry, all of which is delivered with a
swingin' background. It is here that he honors jazz heroes such as Count Basie,
Benny Golson, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Dexter Gordon and lots
more. And don't lose sight of the fact that this marks the fifth time Chip
White has offered this music in poetic format. This one, like the four that
preceded it, offers both superb music
and poetry that reads like jazz history condensed. I can think of nobody else
who has ever taken this approach. So from just about every other standpoint, this
is well worth hearing. And you'll likely learn something, too.
Dark Colors; 2017; 2 CDs: 54:56
and 14:03.
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