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Chris Clark Quintet: Cedar Wisely
by Glenn Astarita
This quintet was assembled for the recording of this album by young saxophonist Chris Clark, incorporating the talents of veteran saxophonist Peter Epstein who is also the department head for the University of Nevada, Reno where Clark also studied. With his debut effort as a leader, Clark enacts a concentrated focus on the compositional aspects, and largely executes a bottom-up mode of operations, instilled with mood-evoking themes, spanning multiple musical influences. The bulk of the program is based on probing ...
read moreJames Rozzi of Jazziz: 'Cedar Wisely is sensitive, evocative and ultimately successful music, requiring multiple listens to fully appreciate this quintet’s vision.'
Luca Casarotti of All About Jazz -Italy: '...expresses an artistic personality, that of a leader, already mature and fully aware...it is rare to come across debut works so marked by such clarity of expression.'
Philip Ballyk of Expedition Audio: '...certainly a treasure, one I’ll have readied on my shelf.'
Glenn Astarita of All About Jazz: '...Clark parlays a great deal of promise throughout this ardent engagement, perhaps signaling that the best is yet to come.'
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