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The sound of fluegelhorn and vibes in unison defines the sound of the band, Sherman explains in the liner notes to the title track. The flow of his playing often suggests late Latin jazz vibist Cal Tjader. The album includes five Sherman originals, Farnham's Lazy Autumn, the standard We'll Be Together Again and three others.Explorations reveals Coltrane's harmonic influence via shifting chords over a static bass note. Sherman, Magnarelli and Farnham navigate the harmonic fields gracefully -- no hint of melodic awkwardness anywhere. The title track also employs this approach. Jimmy Heath's A New Blue is a harder swinging vehicle with breaks for the drums.Sherman, who studied percussion at Juilliard, has performed in Broadway pit orchestras and toured with Peggy Lee, Ruth Brown, vocal duo Jackie (Cain) and Roy (Kral) and guitarist Larry Coryell. This album is a fine testament to his experience, study and quest. Only $11.98 - Click here to buy now! |