2002
Grammy Nominee!
Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album
Jim McNeely Tentet: Group Therapy
(OmniTone 15101)
Much
awaited debut of Grammy-nominated arranger, composer and pianist Jim
McNeely's "lean and mean" ten-piece band.
Top-flight New York musicians from the Vanguard
and Carnegie Hall orchestras and
cutting edge movers and shakers from the "downtown" creative
music scene convene for one helluva Group
Therapy session that redefines the standard for larger
ensemble writing.
Includes
five highly inventive originals plus phenomenal reworkings of the classic
"Body and Soul" and Coltrane's "Village Blues" and
a stunning reharmonization of "Silent Night." For new
music lovers and big band fans!
Musicians
Tony Kadleck or Greg Gisbert, Scott Wendholt, trumpet ·
Tom Varner, French horn · Ed Neumeister, trombone ·
Dick Oatts, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, flute ·
Billy Drewes, soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone,
flute, clarinet ·
Scott Robinson, baritone saxophone, bass clarinet · Cameron Brown,
bass ·
John Hollenbeck, drums · Jim McNeely, piano
Click
on track title to hear RealAudio sample...
- "The
Fruit" (Earl "Bud" Powell, EMI Longitude Music/BMI)
(8:15)
Solos: Drewes,
Wendholt, Neumeister, Oatts, Kadleck, Robinson, Varner, Brown,
Robinson, McNeely, Hollenbeck
- "Cranky
Takes a Holiday" (9:04)
Solos:
Hollenbeck, Drewes, Neumeister
- "Silent
Night" (Traditional) (8:22)
Solos:
Robinson, McNeely, Wendholt, Drewes
- "Lost"
(10:37)
Solos: McNeely,
Oatts, Hollenbeck
- "Group
Therapy" (11:34)
Solos:
Brown/McNeely, Drewes/Wendholt, Robinson/Hollenbeck, Oatts/Varner,
Neumeister/Kadleck, Neumeister, Drewes, Wendholt, Robinson, Varner,
Oatts, Kadleck, McNeely, Neumeister, Drewes, Wendholt, Robinson,
Varner, Oatts, Kadleck, McNeely, Robinson/Neumeister, Drewes/Varner,
Oatts/Wendholt, Kadleck/McNeely
- "Village
Blues" (John Coltrane, Jowcol Music/BMI) (8:02)
Solo:
Neumeister, Varner, Drewes
- "Body
and Soul" (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman, WB Music/ASCAP)
(6:09)
Solos: Oatts
- "A
Perfect Six" (9:15)
Solos: McNeely,
Brown, Wendholt
All compositions by
Jim McNeely, Wu Wei Music/BMI, except where indicated.
Recorded on
5-6 June 2000 at The Studio, New York City
Engineer: Jon Rosenberg
Produced
by Frank Tafuri and Jim McNeely
Executive Producer: Frank Tafuri