Mark Zaleski - Our Time: Reimagining Dave Brubeck - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

... an exhilarating, fresh and dynamics-happy listening experience - The Day Magazine. Boston-based saxophonist, Mark Zaleski, pays tribute to one of his mentors, revisiting several of Dave Brubeck's more vital works and filtering them through a modern lens. Mark and his brother, pianist Glenn Zaleski, were two of the first students selected to the Dave Brubeck Institute, where they shared the stage with him at the Library of Congress and the Monterey Jazz Festival. Brubeck always encouraged Mark to Inchfind his own voice,Inch and he does just that by offering alluring sonic landscapes for Brubeck's melodies and making striking choices in groove and orchestration. From the searing guitar work and fiery New Orleans funk of InchUnsquare Dance,Inch to the classically inspired opening of InchSoftly, William, Softly,Inch or the epic InchThey Say I Look Like God,Inch with the chilling vocals of Michael Mayo, the joy and respect Zaleski has for his mentor's memory is evident and heartening.