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Whirled Jazz: Mukilteo
by Dave Nathan
Whirled Jazz is a group comprised of adventurous musicians from the jazz rich Northwest United States. There is no indication where the group got its name for the album. It may well refer to the waterfront city of Mukilteo, Washington. Whatever the source, on this its first album the quartet deals with a play list made up entirely of originals. While some pieces may have some wildly played measures, most of the music on this album is clearly cerebral. This ...
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by Jim Santella
Whirled Jazz is an adventurous quartet that prefers swinging, straight-ahead sounds with a lot of space. It’s to let their consonant harmony and soulful groove sink in. Tom Bergeron wrote the music for this session, which emphasizes ensemble unity and group interplay. Trombone and alto saxophone occupy most of the solo space, while all four artists interact with spontaneity. Bergeron and Keller Coker converse on “Kum-Sah” with intuitive phrasing. The piece’s driving, triple meter spins with a lively edge. The ...
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by Jim Santella
Whirled Jazz is an adventurous quartet that prefers swinging, straight-ahead sounds with a lot of space. It’s to let their consonant harmony and soulful groove sink in. Tom Bergeron wrote the music for this session, which emphasizes ensemble unity and group interplay. Trombone and alto saxophone occupy most of the solo space, while all four artists interact with spontaneity. Bergeron and Keller Coker converse on “Kum-Sah” with intuitive phrasing. The piece’s driving, triple meter spins with a lively edge. The ...
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by Mark Corroto
Whirled Jazz is a band that produces music that is beyond an easy categorization. Take the title track from their recent release, Mikilteo, my mental picture was that of a reenactment of Miles Davis’ Kind Of Blue session substituting Paul Desmond and Roswell Rudd as a front line. But “Mikilteo” and this session is more modern than the famed 1959 session. In these times of fractured jazz divisions, much of what we hear is labeled and pigeonholed or a just ...
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