Michael Dease - City Life: Music of Gregg Hill (2025) [Hi-Res]

Michael Dease, Linda May Han Oh (double bass), Jeff "Tain" Watts, Brooklyn Dease (leadvocalist), Nicole Glover (saxophone), Geoffrey Keezer, Jared Beckstead-Craan

Michael Dease has fully earned his stature as one of the great trombonists and jazz figures of these times. His formidableness on the instrument, matched by his pursuit of inspired musical challenges and robust partnerships, is fully on display in the double CD, City Life, his third album devoted to the music of composer Gregg Hill. Teaming with two of the more powerful voices in music—bassist Linda May Han Oh and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts—Dease devotes Disc One to a kinetically charged trio environment, capturing the gritty side of City Life by sparring freely with his trio mates while they masterfully cohabitate the flow of time. Disc Two adds saxophonist Nicole Glover and pianist Geoffrey Keezer to the soundscape, which may reflect a sophisticated counterview, with each disc capturing a perspective of the contradictions that make up City Life.



Tracklist:
1 Willow Walks In
2 City Life
3 Danger Zone
4 Movie Theme
5 Sweet Georgia Gillespie
6 Double Bill
7 Claxilever
8 Catalyst
9 Say What!?
10 Movie Theme (Reprise)
11 Tea Time
12 The Classic II
13 Grave Concerns
14 Mr. Hurt
15 Rainy Afternoon
16 Enigma
17 Skittles
18 Blues for Herb
19 Lafayette Square