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Fleece Jazz Presents:the Stan Getz/cal Tjader Sextet Tribute
The combination of tenor sax with vibraphone is a particularly warm and luxurious sound and has been featured very successfully by several leading tenor players including Sonny Rollins (with Milt Jackson) and Joe Henderson (with Bobby Hutcherson).
Stan Getz and Cal Tjader had an especially successful partnership in the late 1950s, leading an all-star sextet including Scott La Faro, Vince Guaraldi, Eddie Duran and on his very first recording drum master Billy Higgins.
This sextet led by tenor player Mark Crooks and vibraphonist Nat Steele celebrates this collaboration, playing selections from the brilliant 1958 album. The sextet performs gorgeous arrangements of standards "For All We Know", "I?ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face" and "My Buddy" along with swinging originals by Tjader and Guaraldi, "Ginza Samba" and "Big Bear". Stan Getz?s other vibraphone partnerships are also showcased, with selections from his recordings with vibes masters Lionel Hampton and Gary Burton.
Mark Crooks works in a wide variety of musical settings including jazz, big band and classical. He has performed with artists ranging from Tony Bennett to Sir Simon Rattle, Lady Gaga to Dame Cleo Laine at venues from Ronnie Scott?s in London to the Lincoln Center in New York. Nat Steele quickly gained a reputation as a talented musician to watch out for, described by Clark Tracey as "one of the best vibes players this country has ever produced." Principally self-taught and following in the style of Milt Jackson, his quartet is regularly featured in the Late, Late show at Ronnie Scott's.
Featured in the rhythm section are the UK?s finest straight-ahead jazz musicians: bassist Jeremy Brown (Brad Mehldau, Peter King), up-and-coming young pianist Mátyás Gayer, and drummer Mark Taylor (George Coleman, Monty Alexander).
Accolades for Mark Crooks: ?luscious sound and apparently effortless phrasing?; ?a big, warm, engaging tone?; ?gorgeous, liquid and elegant.?
Accolade for Nat Steele: "A remarkable young vibraphonist in the Milt Jackson tradition." Dave Gelly (Observer)
