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The Stamm/Soph Project
The Stamm/Soph Project: Live at Birdland
by Jack Bowers
Studio recordings are nice, but if you want to know how jazz musicians really work together, place them in front of an audience. For the Marvin Stamm/Ed Soph Quartet, that's no problem. This is a working unit comprised of gentlemen who not only play together regularly but are temperamentally and musically compatible, to boot. In other words, the level of rapport and mutual respect is unusually high, even when the group welcomes a guest artist, as it does guitarist John ...
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by Jim Santella
Introduced as the Marvin Stamm Quartet at Birdland on September 11 and 13, 2003, this tight ensemble interprets straight-ahead jazz from several different contemporary sources, including dynamic originals by the band's trumpeter, pianist, and bassist. Stamm brings a unique and personal sound to the forum, allowing his tone to waver and fluctuate with a sensitive frame of reference. Frail, light, and airy, the trumpeter's tone evokes understatement and quiet passion. Stamm releases his emotions in a profound manner, ensuring that ...
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The Stamm/Soph Project
