Beyond Trio Grande and all-change ahead - Will Vinson has a new record called Tripwire in the pipeline. The alto sax ace is with double bass face Matt Penman, (James Farm) drummer Eric Harland, to us the Elvin Jones of our time, and breakout star tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana whose own record 12 Stars is one of 2022's best.
Tracks include Vinson originals the title track, 'Fable' and 'Resting Jazz Face'; standards the Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, and Mack David song 'Blue and Sentimental' first recorded by Helen Humes with Buck Clayton in 1947; the J. Fred Coots/Sam Lewis song 'For All We Know' that first was introduced as a foxtrot in the 1930s by Hal Kemp and His Orchestra; and Jerome Kern & Oscar Hammerstein II's 'All The Things You Are' first recorded in 1939 wondrously by Artie Shaw and Helen Forrest. Tripwire is a 16 September release and is to be issued by the Michael Janisch owned indie, Whirlwind. If you're new to Vinson, think the criminally underrated Tom Harrison a bit in terms of a starting point but much beefier sound wise.
'Who Me?' above was on Vinson's 2021 striking saxophone phantasmagoria, Solo
Eric Harland, top left, Will Vinson, Melissa Aldana, Matt Penman. Photo Luke Marantz
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