Tom McDermott - Danza (2002)

Two of New Orleans most intriguing traditional jazz musicians, pianist Tom McDermott and clarinetist Evan Christopher, have teamed up for "Danza," McDermott's fourth release on the STR Digital label. It's a series of sometimes brilliant, often lyrical explorations of music that flourished before and during the golden era of classic New Orleans jazz: American ragtime, the Brazilian choro, the Argentine tango, the French musette. As with "The Crave," his last STR release, McDermott is intent on connecting early musics which share elements of "the Latin Tinge," to use Jelly Roll Mortons phrase: Gottschalks Cuban dances, Mortons rumbas, and modern tangos.