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DONNY McCASLIN TRIO
DONNY McCASLIN TRIO
Date Posted: October 07 2008
Written By: Chicago Jazz
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DONNY McCASLIN TRIO
RECORD RELEASE PARTY
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 & 11, 2008
"He's a versatile player who moves easily between inside and outside musical zones….
There's a fluidity and grace to his playing even when he’s pushing at envelopes."
– Josef Woodard, Jazz Times
"McCaslin offers Olympian solos that combine muscular performance and artistic grace." – Jazziz
Tenor saxist Donny McCaslin will celebrate his second CD release of 2008, "Recommended Tools" on Dave Douglas's Greenleaf Music label, at the Green Mill on Friday, October 10, from 9PM until 1AM and on Saturday, October 11, from 8pm until midnight. McCaslin's trio includes Hans Glawischnig on bass and Johnathan Blake on drums.
"Recommended Tools" is the seventh release from 2008 Downbeat Rising Star Poll winner Donny McCaslin. It is also his first for Dave Douglas' Greenleaf Music label. McCaslin has been performing with Douglas's highly publicized Quintet since 2005, as well as receiving a Grammy nomination for his work with the Maria Schneider Orchestra in 2004.
His latest release, "Recommended Tools" finds McCaslin for the first time working in a trio setting. With bassist Hans Glawischnig and drummer Johnathan Blake, McCaslin has made this highly emotive format a vehicle for his virtuosic blowing and distinct compositional voice. Trenched in free-flowing arrangements with dynamic interplay between the band, this work harkens back to the classic trio recordings of Sonny Rollins and Joe Henderson. And while a classic format, McCaslin retains his progressive approach and inventiveness, citing Bill Frisell, Hermeto Pascal, Stravinsky, and Messiaen as inspiration for these compositions.
Thanks to the high profile of the Dave Douglas Quintet, McCaslin in the last two years has achieved wider praise for the incisive twists and purposeful turns of his emotionally charged solos. But those qualities – along with his sometimes startling virtuosity, and his distinctive voice as a composer – had actually been on display for much of the previous decade, during which McCaslin proved himself a valued sideman on recordings by Danilo Perez, Luciana Souza, and performances with Tom Harrell, Brian Blade, John Pattitucci, The Mingus Band, and Pat Metheny.
Meanwhile, the previous albums under his own name have shown him subtly incorporating elements of Latin American music within adventurous jazz frameworks. In 2006, McCaslin received a Doris Duke grant for new jazz composition from Chamber Music America; "In Pursuit", releasedearlier this year, comprises the results of that work.
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