Many years, ago, I visited a jazz club here in my Portland hometown to hear the very gifted trumpet player, Joe Magnarelli. He was appearing with a super local rhythm section and I recall a most rewarding evening of “the good stuff”. The club itself was seemingly gone in the blink of an eye, but you know how it goes with jazz clubs! Anyway, what a delight to hear this formidable trumpet ace on a new recording. To be clear, the music is split about evenly between Joe's straight ahead, accessible originals and a few dignified old surprises. His colleagues on the disc include Steve Davis, trombone; Jeremy Manasia, piano; Clovis Nichols, bass; and Rodney Green, drums. In addition to the satisfying, ideally constructed Magnarelli creations, we are treated to some blasts from the past like “This Nearly Was Mine”, “When I Fall In Love”, and even the ancient “When I Grow Too Old To Dream”. Magnarelli retains the great chops I heard way back when on SE Belmont Street. He and his well chosen teammates make for perfect jazz listening throughout. Hey, Joe---come on back to Portland anytime!
Cellar Music Group; 2026; appx. 50 min.
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