Jed Levy - Faces and Places - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

On InchFACES and PLACESInch, the new from saxophonist composer, Jed Levy, he takes the listener on a journey through the many perspectives and genres of music that have informed his vision of todays modern jazz. Along the way he tells stories and paints musical pictures of both people and places that have inspired him. All done in his own personal vocabulary formed by a diverse career in music which has included intersecting with people like the great pianist Jaki Byard, organists Jack McDuff and Don Patterson, Jam Band Funk with drummer Mike Clark and Charlie Hunter, Afro Cuban music with Chico O'Farrill, Swing with the Cab Calloway Orchestra and performances with The Temptations/The Four Tops. As a bandleader he has toured Asia, South America and Europe playing concerts and festivals in places as diverse as Port au Prince, Haiti to Kharkiv, Ukraine. Levy has 10 previous CD's on the SteepleChase and Reservoir Labels as well as over 40 appearances on recordings as a sideman. His compositional talents, which are prominently featured on this CD, have led to artists like The Headhunters, Don Friedman, Ron McClure, Eddie Henderson, Peter Leitch, Jack Walrath and Mike Clark recording his music. Joining him on this new are his stellar NYC working band featuring Grammy Winner LUIS PERDOMO- piano (Tom Harrell, Ravi Coltrane, Miguel Zenon), ALVESTER GARNETT-drums (Abbey Lincoln, Betty Carter, Regina Carter) and PETER SLAVOV-bass (Joe Lovano, Quincy Jones, Paul Winter). The synergy displayed by the quartet on this CD was forged over a series of gigs in NYC where it became clear to the leader that something greater than the sum of the parts was happening and it was time to record this group and the body of music they were performing. This CD is the product of that decision. The songs on this CD speak to the diversity of musical experience of not only their composer, but of t