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- Date Released: November 4, 2008
- Genre: Jazz
- Style: Contemporary
- Label: Concord Jazz
A riveting new disc from a trumpeter who gets better with every album
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We Say...
Three records into his career, and every disc Christian Scott makes is better than the last one. The improvements on Live At Newport are fundamental: The ensemble is at once more cohesive and elastic, the solos more consistently inventive and the slow-motion intensity that has become Scott's trademark is invested with more emotion without any loss of control.
Unlike most concert recordings, most of these songs are new, and are, without exception, riveting. "Died In Love" is Scott's eulogy for a fallen friend who was newly wed. The intimacy of the trumpeter's warm, distinctive tone slowly chars into an anguished lament, long notes curling like parchment in a fire. "Isadora" is perhaps Scott's best pure ballad to date, with a wet, breathy quality reminiscent of Freddie Hubbard. "Rumor" is an extravagant 14-minute workout that showcases dynamic solos from Scott, pianist Aaron Parks and, especially, guitarist Matt Stevens, who goes from quoting the theme to Spirit's "Fresh Garbage" to churning up gravel with his gritty, burrowing, rock licks. The final new track, "James Crow Jr., Esq." contains an anthemic, distant-fireworks splendor akin to U2, the front-line instruments piling up the riffs and harmonies while the drummer pummels away.
Scott has appropriately been compared to Miles Davis for his entire career. It used to be for the way he sounded. Now it's more for the way his formidable ambition and refusal to be pigeonholed rankles critics. Whether the respect he'll inevitably garner is begrudging or unbridled, Christian Scott's vision and talent can't be denied. -
They Say...
Live at Newport finds trumpeter Christian Scott leading his ensemble through a performance at the JVC Jazz Festival in Newport, RI on August 9, 2008. Showcasing the same group that recorded Scott's critically lauded 2007 sophomore album, Anthem, Live at Newport does feature Scott branching out on some new material. Just coming into his own as jazz musician, Scott is nonetheless a talented and deft improviser and his knack for creating brooding, emotionally engaged music brings to mind a mix of '60s Miles Davis and the heady art rock of Radiohead. It doesn't hurt that his backing ensemble includes such forward-thinking artists as pianist Aaron Parks and guitarist Matt Stevens, who imbue Scott's compositions with an atmospheric and cerebral tension. While most of the music here leans toward the dramatic slow burn jazz of Scott's Anthem, cuts such as the buoyant post-bop of "James Crow Jr., Esq." and the angular "Rumor" do break up some of the heavy vibe. That said, part of Scott's talent is his ability to sustain such epic drama throughout a whole album and in that sense, Live at Newport crackles with an earnest, youthful energy. [Included is a DVD of the performance.]
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| 01. |  |
Died In Love |
6:56 |
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| 02. | |
Litany Against Fear |
11:26 |
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| 03. | |
Isadora |
5:09 |
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| 04. | |
Rumor |
14:00 |
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| 05. | |
Anthem |
9:13 |
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| 06. | |
The Crawler |
6:51 |
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| 07. | |
James Crow Jr., ESQ. |
10:58 |
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| 08. | |
Rewind That |
9:07 |
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08 Total Tracks, 73:40 Total Length
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Credits
- Ron Davis - Engineer // Ron Davis - Engineer // Ron Davis - Mastering // Ron Davis - Mastering // Ron Davis - Mixing // Ron Davis - Mixing // Chris Dunn - Producer // Chris Dunn - Executive Producer // Joe Sanders & His Orchestra - Bass // Christian Scott - Trumpet // Christian Scott - Producer // Christian Scott - Executive Producer // Matt Stevens - Guitar // Mary Hogan - A&R // Ivory Daniel - Executive Producer // Aaron Parks - Piano // Devin DeHaven - Photography // Walter Smith III - Sax (Tenor) // Pascal Kerouche - Art Direction // Pascal Kerouche - Package Design
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