Jérôme Sabbagh - Vintage (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh is an old soul. He favors spontaneity between performers on the bandstand, prefers the feel of a swinging band to heady, over-wrought music, and likes the sound of analog over digital. When it came time to work on a new project, Sabbagh wanted to record an album that would sound like a set in a club, and felt ready to look back to early influences. On Vintage, his first album as a leader featuring piano, Sabbagh enlists the piano legend Kenny Barron in his all-star quartet to help make a recording that connects generations and makes tradition vital once again.

Sabbagh has become well known for his original music and genre spanning ensembles, including those featuring electric guitarists Ben Monder and Greg Tuohey. Sabbagh also has an ear for the tradition. One of his seminal early jazz experiences came when he was a teenager and got to hear Stan Getz in Paris. Kenny Barron was Getz’s accompanist that evening and Sabbagh was taken immediately, standing outside the back door to get Getz and Barron’s autographs after the show.

Thirty years later, Sabbagh found himself at Barron’s house, where the two of them played standards and a number of Sabbagh’s originals. They each enjoyed the encounter, the older musician complimenting the younger on his compositions. In turn, Sabbagh loved Barron’s touch, clairvoyant comping and ease with the music. Knowing how rare it is to record with a legend, Sabbagh knew that he needed to get the project together.

TRACKLIST

1. Jérôme Sabbagh - Vintage
2. Jérôme Sabbagh - On a Misty Night
3. Jérôme Sabbagh - A Flower Is a Lovesome Thing
4. Jérôme Sabbagh - Elson's Energy
5. Jérôme Sabbagh - Slay the Giant
6. Jérôme Sabbagh - We See
7. Jérôme Sabbagh - Ask Me Now



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