Gerry Gibbs - Moving On '2009

Tracks list

Tracklist:

[6:35] 01. Impressions/Giant Steps
[2:52] 02. I Love You Porgy
[4:42] 03. McBooGoos Delight
[4:58] 04. Memories of Home
[4:00] 05. Sountrack For Routines On The Road
[4:45] 06. Mistakes, Misunderstandings, Moving On and Never Looking Back
[5:51] 07. Festival in Bahia
[4:34] 08. Purple Fingers
[6:16] 09. All Blues
[1:29] 10. Music From The Frustrated Suite, Movement #7
[5:07] 11. You Dont Know What Love Is
[6:04] 12. Use To Be A Cha Cha / Teen Town
[5:10] 13. Five Towns
[7:04] 14. Fields
[7:15] 15. Dont You Worry Bout A Thing
[1:18] 16. The Lick

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ABOUT THE ALBUM
1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
Total length: 01:18:00
Main artist: Gerry Gibbs
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Now Forward Music
Genre: Jazz
Hi-Res 24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
(с) 2009 RKM Music

Drummer Gerry Gibbs and his Thrasher Band gives the modern jazz listener so much
to absorb and digest, that it sometimes approaches overload. The dense and
purposefully convoluted structures they employ are overwhelming to a more
simpleminded, mainstream jazz audience. But make no mistake, this is a group
comprised of brilliant musicians who are multi-faceted, if not multifarious.
Each bandmember plays many instruments at one time or another, the music is
expanded far beyond mortal combat, into a realm where listening creates
disbelief. Its astonishing to hear this band go through their paces in a studio,
so the live concert experience must be even more spectacular. Flanked by the
many woodwinds of Justin Vasquez, Rob Hardt, and Eric Hargett, pianist Andy
Langham, and bassist Richard Giddens, Gibbs exploits a huge color palette to
offer grand re-interpretations of standards, and some original music that is, to
put it mildly, out of this world. He also plays trumpet, vibes, and percussion
on occasion, and is credited for composing four of the selections. They include
the hot bop Soundtrack for Routines on the Road in nutty rhythm changes,
including cartoonish whimsy and blues refrains in a tribute to longtime friend
Ravi Coltrane. Also, the title Mistakes, Misunderstandings, Moving On, Never
Looking Back (G.T.J.) incorporates a march beat with an accordion that sounds
like an eulogy, Music from the Frustrated Suite, Movement #7 is a funky and
soured sound with sax and flute, while Memories of Home references a complex,
ever-changing rhythmic stance and a soprano sax lead. John Coltrane is never far
from Gibbs thoughts via his full-blown reinterpretation of Impressions/Giant
Steps, fast and serene, witty and wild, while McCoy Tyners lovely and potent
Festival in Bahia has the bands heart in the right place via a steady rolling
pace, though the melody is a bit imprecisely rendered. The Jaco Pastorius medley
Used to Be a Cha Cha/Teen Town is done straight, loose, and fast just like the
composer, with a bass clarinet as the centerpiece, Stevie Wonders Dont You Worry
Bout a Thing has the distinct flavor of John Coltrane, and You Dont Know What
Love Is is a tender ballad, the most true-to-original-form song on the date,
with pianist Langham and baritone saxophonist Hargett taking the lead. For
contrast, McBoogoos Delight is straight out of the N.Y.C. skunk funk, Bill Cosby
show vein, with big-time, wah-wah, Texas broad strokes included. Loony
interpretations of I Loves You Porgy and All Blues are the real stunners, the
former literally insane in a short, concentrated, ultra-modern form with the
arrangement of Vasquez and Hardts oboe, while the latter is nearly
unrecognizable until you listen closely to the diffuse spacing of notes and
Hargetts deconstructed, flute-accented arrangement. Hardt also contributes
Purple Fingers as intricate, involved, and indescribable as anything; Five Towns
mixes Tex Mex waltz or flamenco with a pop feel à la Ry Cooder, and Fields,
penned by Vasquez, is a modern modal piece influenced again by Coltrane. Gibbs
dedicates this recording to both the late Alice Coltrane and Dewey Redman,
powerful figureheads who have influenced many progressive jazz musicians.
Reflected in this truly stunning music, Gerry Gibbs has taken a giant leap
forward in presenting new music that may stagger the imagination of some, but
for others provides a revelation for a new jazz order that should drop jaws left
and right.
© Michael G. Nastos /TiVo


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