New Orleans Collective

by New Orleans Collective

Overview

Trumpeter Nicholas Payton is teamed up with Wessell Anderson (who doubles on sopranino and alto), pianist Peter Martin, bassist Christopher Thomas and drummer Brian Blade for an unusual set of music that shifts between hard bop and New Orleans jazz. While "Rhonda Mile" (which uses the chord changes to "Indiana") is pure bop, other selections combine the two idioms and "Four or Five Times" (listed as an Anderson original but actually a standard from the 1920s) is strictly Dixieland. A highpoint is the 16-minute "He Was a Good Man, Oh Yes He Was" which musically depicts a New Orleans funeral. Throughout, Anderson (particularly on the sopranino which he plays like a clarinet) and Payton work together quite well in the exciting ensembles and show impressive knowlege of earlier forms of jazz while carving out their own individual voices. ~ Scott Yanow

Product Details

Release Date:	01/27/1995
Label:	Evidence
UPC:	0730182210521
Rank:	243302

Tracks

1. Rhonda Mile  -  New Orleans Collective  - Nicholas Payton
2. Profile of a Beautiful Woman  -  New Orleans Collective  - Nicholas Payton
3. Country Crescent  - Wessell Anderson  -  New Orleans Collective
4. Go Slow for Mo'  - Wessell Anderson  -  New Orleans Collective
5. Newt  - Peter Martin  -  New Orleans Collective
6. New Orleans Revival  - Wessell Anderson  -  New Orleans Collective
7. Four of Five Times  - Wessell Anderson  -  New Orleans Collective
8. He Was a Good Man, Oh Yes He Was  - Wessell Anderson  -  New Orleans Collective

Album Credits

Performance Credits

New Orleans Collective   Primary Artist
Wessell Anderson   Sopranino,Sax (Alto),Sax (Soprano)
Nicholas Payton   Trumpet
Brian Blade   Drums
Peter Martin   Piano
Chris Thomas   Bass
Christopher Thomas   Bass

Technical Credits

Inc. Big Apple Prodcutions   Producer
Wessell Anderson   Composer
Nicholas Payton   Composer
New Orleans Collective   Composer
Yoichi Nakao   Executive Producer
Steve Reynolds   Engineer
Peter Martin   Composer
George Rothacker   Cover Art
Bret Primack   Liner Notes