The Matt Savage Trio - Quantum Leap (2006) FLAC

Tracklist:

[5:01] 01. The Matt Savage Trio - Give Me A Break
[5:49] 02. The Matt Savage Trio - Couch Potato Blues
[2:46] 03. The Matt Savage Trio - Lullaby Of Birdland
[5:03] 04. The Matt Savage Trio - Serenity
[3:00] 05. The Matt Savage Trio - Free And Easy
[3:00] 06. The Matt Savage Trio - Curacao
[4:53] 07. The Matt Savage Trio - A Child Is Born
[4:09] 08. The Matt Savage Trio - Wobble Waltz
[2:53] 09. The Matt Savage Trio - Closer Than You Think
[5:34] 10. The Matt Savage Trio - All The Things You Are
[3:52] 11. The Matt Savage Trio - Flights Of Fancy
[5:08] 12. The Matt Savage Trio - Dreaming Of You
[6:16] 13. The Matt Savage Trio - Hide And Seek
[3:02] 14. The Matt Savage Trio - Blues In 33/8
[4:23] 15. The Matt Savage Trio - Monk's Dream

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ABOUT THE ALBUM

1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
Total length: 01:04:34
Main artist: The Matt Savage Trio
Composer: Various Composers
Label: Savage Records, LLC
Genre: Jazz
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo
(c) 2006 Savage Records, LLC


Considering the heights he's scaled throughout his childhood, it's hard to believe it took teenage jazz piano prodigy Matt Savage five recordings to name one Quantum Leap. For most kids, overcoming an early diagnosis of autism would be story enough. For most freakishly talented young musicians, playing at eight and nine with Dave Brubeck, Chick Corea, and McCoy Tyner -- and headlining New York's Blue Note and Birdland by 12 -- would be icing on the crazy cake. So besides creating another absolutely astonishing, refreshing and engaging (even for only casual jazz fans) straight-ahead collection of mostly originals with his trio (both adult musicians, the appropriately named bassist John Funkhouser and drummer Steve Silverstein), where's the leap? It's in their new deal with Palmetto Records, which is connected with MRI/RED distribution; this will be the first Savage disc to be distributed worldwide. Aside from the exciting melodies and rhythms ranging from playful swing ("Give Me a Break," "Free and Easy") to stride blues (the witty "Couch Potato Blues") and gracefully romantic ("Dreaming of You"), the most remarkable element in this 15-track collection is the effortless maturity of Savage's composing. He includes a scattering of covers of tunes by inspirations like George Shearing (the buoyant "Lullaby of Birdland"), Thad Jones ("A Child Is Born"), and even "Monk's Dream," but the real fun comes when Savage and his trio play it "Free and Easy" on tuneful originals like the crazily percussive and hypnotic Caribbean trip to "Curacao," the swirling dance of "Closer Than You Think," and the sly "Hide and Seek." "Blues in 33/8" is another crazy-cool gem that finds him and Silverstein making up the metric rules as they go along. Brubeck once heralded Savage as "another Mozart" but the ever growing Savage is moving even beyond that to set new standards for up-and-coming generations.
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