Maddie Vogler - While We Have Time - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Immersed in thoughts of identity, family and culture, Chicago saxophonist Maddie Vogler commissioned the original cover art depicting the hands of her immigrant grandmothers to frame her debut recording. Steeped in modern jazz while freely exploring Vogler's relationship with her Cuban roots, her nine original compositions are brimming with adventurous rhythmic energy and melodic soulfulness. Her musical mentor, trumpeter Tito Carrillo, shares the front line, while the rhythm section of Matt Gold, Jake Shapiro, Samuel Peters, and Neil Hemphill provide a percolating momentum on tunes such as InchThe Need To Be,Inch an elegiac gait on InchCorridors,Inch or a driving, Afro-Cuban flavored 9/8 on InchCheck Engine Light.Inch While We Have Time is an expansive and striking debut, planting Vogler squarely within Chicago's great, historical jazz legacy. Album Tracks 1. The Need to Be 2. Corridors 3. Ropa Vieja 4. Industrielle 5. While We Have Time 6. Hymn for August 7. Between Wakefulness and Sleep 8. Sunday Colors 9. Check Engine Light