Anton Schwartz: The Slow Lane (AntonJazz AJ-1002).Anton Schwartz: The Slow Lane (AntonJazz AJ-1002) The Slow Lane by young tenor saxophonist Noun 1. tenor saxophonist - a musician who plays the tenor saxophone tenorist saxist, saxophonist - a musician who plays the saxophone Anton Schwartz is another of the small-label recordings that Reference Recordings is publicizing, and it should prove popular among audiophiles who give it an audition by virtue of its good sound quality (not surprisingly, it happens to be HDCD-encoded) and pleasant program. Schwartz is supported on this outing by Paul Nagel on piano, John Shifflet on bass, and Jason Lewis Jason Lewis may refer to
Chelsea Bridge is a self-anchored suspension bridge for road and foot traffic running north-south over the River Thames in London, between Grosvenor Bridge " (which is probably my favorite cut on this CD). As the title of the CD suggests, the music here is on the quiet side, gently ruminative ru·mi·nate v. ru·mi·nat·ed, ru·mi·nat·ing, ru·mi·nates v.intr. 1. To turn a matter over and over in the mind. 2. To chew cud. v.tr. rather than aggressively thought-provoking. Although it is music on the gentle side, it never slips into the "lite jazz" or "E-Z E-Z Engdahl-Zigangirov (bound) listening" mode; this is good stuff that I recommend to all audiophiles with a taste for 70 minutes of pleasant jazz, well recorded. --KWN |
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