Bert's Playground, by Ari Hoenig

Bert's Playground

by Ari Hoenig

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1.	Moment's Notice 10:50	buy track
2.	The Way You Look Tonight 05:25	buy track
3.	Seraphic 07:13	buy track
4.	Ramilson's Brew 07:49	buy track
5.	'Round Midnight 02:34	buy track
6.	Fall 06:31	buy track
7.	Bert's Playground 07:59	buy track
8.	For Tracy 04:27	buy track
9.	Green Spleen 08:34	buy track
10.	Embraceable You 03:23	buy track

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Modern straight ahead jazz. Punk Bop.

All Music on Bert's Playground:

Drummer Ari Hoenig's light touch and crisp writing make Bert's Playground a fun session. With a constantly shifting cast of musicians throughout the date, the drummer primarily utilizes a trio with either Jonathan Kreisberg or Gilad Hekselman on guitar and Matt Penman or Orlando LeFleming on bass. John Coltrane's "Moment's Notice" provides a solid opener with guest tenor saxophonist Chris Potter, though it is not played as a straight barnburner, while Kreisberg adds a bit of fun with his detour into "Autumn in New York" in the midst of his solo. His spacious, quiet trio scoring of Wayne Shorter's "Fall" works well without the presence of a sax. Hekelsman is front and center in the sparkling post-bop treatment of the standard "The Way You Look Tonight." Hoenig is all alone on a spacious, haunting arrangement of "'Round Midnight," not exactly a piece that one expects in such a setting. Alto saxophonist Will Vinson is added for Hoenig's potent post-bop vehicle "Bert's Playground."

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released October 31, 2013

Ari Hoenig (drums)
Chris Potter (tenor sax)
Jonathan Kreisberg (guitar)
Matt Penman (bass)
Will Vinson (alt sax)
Gilad Hekselman (guitar)
Orlando LeFleming (bass)

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Ari Hoenig New York, New York

Ari Hoenig is a jazz drummer, composer and educator known for his unusual and intense approach to drumming emphasizing complex rhythms in direct harmony with other group members.
Ari is widely noted particularly for his drumming not being relegated to just keeping tempo, or being a side issue to the music he plays in, but rather for elevating drumming as an indispensable part of the performance. ... more

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