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Ted Piltzecker: Vibes on a Breath

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Mainstream Jazz / Straightahaed
premiera polska:
2024-10-09
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
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For his first larger ensemble recording, New York vibraphonist Ted Piltzecker made a trip to Denver and rekindled relationships developed years ago during his tenure as director of the Aspen Music Festival. Originally a trumpet player, Piltzecker continually seeks the organic connection between breath and musical expression as it relates to the vibraphone. Vibes on a Breath allows him to phrase with the septet's horn players, Brad Goode, Paul McKee, John Gunther & Wil Swindler, and to provide counterpoint as the only harmony instrument in the rhythm section with drummer Paul Romaine and bassist Gonzalo Teppa. The eight reimagined jazz classics, along with three originals, unveil new twists & turns to a classic sound. The intimacy of the approach along with the addition of bass clarinet and flugelhorn doubles adds an extra layer of richness and color to the already mesmerizing arrangements. Piltzecker's work transports to an alluring musical world where every note is infused with a personal touch.

Ted Piltzecker marries engaging rhythmic interplay to crisp compositions that ring true for their melodic inventiveness and accessibility.
Jazz In Space

Ted Piltzecker keeps the vibes light with a not too big band of Brad Goode/tp, Paul McKee/tb, John Gunther/ts-bcl, Wil Swindler/ts-as, Paul Romaine/dr, Gonzalo Teppa/ba, Javier Diaz/perc and Judith LeClair/bassoon on this textured collection of standards and originals. The team charges and jabs along with Swindler's baritone on a sleek read of "Seven Steps To Heaven" , and the horns get elegiac for a sublime "New Orleans". Teppa leads the way around the chirping horns on "It Could Happen To You", and West Coast Cool is nifty around Romaine's crisp brushes for a "Subconscious Lee" that has vibes and bass clarinet mano a mano. Goode's muted horn gives a film noir feel to the bluesy "We'll Get Through This" and even Leclair's bassoon gets into the act with a rich and sophisticated "Bus" . Pilzecker's tendency is to guide and blend, not to overrun, and it works well on this sublime mix of pastels.
Jazz Weekly

Even though Ted Piltzecker is a splendid vibraphonist and ushers a group of Colorado's leading jazz musicians through its paces on Vibes on a Breath, it is his sparkling arrangements that carry the day on this delightful new album. Several members of Piltzecker's septet double, and he makes the most of that versatility, writing charts that bring to the fore John Gunther's bass clarinet, Wil Swindler's baritone sax and (on the closing number) Judith Leclair's bassoon and Javier Diaz's percussion.
Polarity, however, encompasses only a small part of Piltzecker's arsenal, as his approach to every theme is fresh and enlivening, starting with the scarecrow's lament, "If I Only Had a Brain," from The Wizard of Oz and continuing through seven more jazz and popular masterworks and three of his own inventive compositions. Perhaps the best way to describe Piltzecker's charts is colorful, as he manages to wrest every ounce of warmth and spirit from his talented septet as he entwines unforeseen moods and tempos.
It is altogether fitting that bassist Gonzalo Teppa should introduce "If I Only Had a Brain," as he is rock-solid on every number and contributes greatly to the rhythm section's unflagging stability (as does drummer Paul Romaine, with Piltzecker subbing for piano). That number sets the tone, its easygoing cadence amplifying sharp solos by Piltzecker, trumpeter Brad Goode and trombonist Paul McKee. Nat King Cole's mega-hit, "Nature Boy," which follows, enters quietly before shifting midstream to a sunnier groove that abets forceful statements by Piltzecker, McKee and Teppa.
Gunther takes his lone tenor solo on the first of Piltzecker's compositions, "Roaring Fork Closure," on which the leader and Goode also have their say. A second Piltzecker original, "We'll Get Through This," written during the pandemic, is a well-grooved charmer on which Teppa's opening solo is followed by brisk four-bar exchanges between Goode and McKee and a dazzling coda by the ensemble. Oliver Nelson's "Stolen Moments," heard most often as a ballad, is given a Latinized intro that leads to more straight-ahead moments and creative solos by Piltzecker, McKee and Goode.
Lee Konitz's "Subconscious Lee" is a flat-out swinger on which Gunther's bass clarinet is a focal point, as it is on Hoagy Carmichael's lyrical, easygoing "New Orleans," with solos by Piltzecker and Romaine on "Lee," Gunther, Piltzecker, Romaine and Teppa (arco) on "New Orleans." The leader features himself (with McKee) on Johnny Burke/Jimmy Van Heusen's exquisite standard, "It Could Happen to You," which leads to Keith Jarrett's meditative "In Your Quiet Place" (superb duo work midway by Piltzecker and Teppa, perceptive solo by Swindler on baritone) and Miles Davis/Victor Feldman's lively "Seven Steps to Heaven" (gently introduced by Piltzecker's mellow vibraphone) whose animated solos are by Swindler and Romaine.
"Bus," the last of Piltzecker's originals, is a through-written twelve-tone set piece whose melody is fashioned by Leclair's bassoon and what sounds like a harpsichord, although none is listed, before reaching a mildly discordant climax. That is an outlier, one that in no way detracts from the album's over-all excellence (and in some ears may add to it). Piltzecker's trip from New York to Colorado, where he once served as director of the annual Aspen Jazz Festival, was more than worthwhile, as it has produced one of 2023's more inspired and pleasurable albums.
All About Jazz * * * * 1/2


muzycy:
Ted Piltzecker - vibraphone
Brad Goode - trumpet
Paul McKee - trombone
John Gunther - tenor sax / bass clarinet
Wil Swindler - baritone sax
Paul Romaine - drums
Gonzalo Teppa - bass
Judith Leclair - bassoon (11)
Javier Diaz - percussion (5,11)

utwory:
1. If I Only Had A Brain 7:00
2. Nature Boy 6:48
3. Roaring Fork Closure 4:26
4. We'll Get Through This 3:59
5. Stolen Moments 8:36
6. Subconscious Lee 5:01
7. New Orleans 5:28
8. It Could Happen To You 4:37
9. In Your Quiet Place 7:42
10. Seven Steps To Heaven 3:39
11. Bus 4:45

wydano: 05 July 2024
nagrano: Recorded October 17-18, 2022 at Mighty Fine Productions, Denver CO

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2024-10-09
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