2014-06-11
These are not the chords you are looking for, and first impressions can be deceiving. Richard Oppenheim's alto sax is joined by wife Katchie Cartwright on piccolo, daughter Eleonore Oppenheim on bass, and three more fine performers. The structure is familiar bop, along with a bit of latin, but the chord and key choices favor the minor in a major world. Where many players would choose sweet, Oppenheim takes the road less chosen with sour. -Gerald Etkind
ED PALERMO BIG BAND
Eddy Loves Frank
Matt Kane & The Kansas City Generations Sextet
Acknowledgement
HENRY BUTLER, STEVE BERNSTEIN AND THE HOT 9
VIPER'S DRAG
RASHIED ALI QUINTET
Judgment Day
Club D'Elf
Now I Understand
DANIEL SMITH
Bebop Bassoon
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