Scott DuBois - Winter Light (2015)

Scott DuBois, the 37-year old American jazz guitarist and composer, is one of the most important figures on the young New York jazz scene. DuBois's quartet, with whom he has now been working for the past decade, consists of some of the world's most in-demand improvising musicians: German saxophonist and bass clarinetist Gebhard Ullmann, American bassist Thomas Morgan, and Danish drummer Kresten Osgood. This regular working band performs DuBois's masterfully-crafted original compositions which point to future trends. Their focus is to present these powerful works with dynamic group improvisation and interaction, creating massive, colorful landscapes and a spiritual intensity that cuts straight to the heart. Winter Light, which marks his debut as an artist on the ACT label, has a strongly programmatic concept running right through it. The listener is taken on a journey through a winter's day. As we witness the progression from before daybreak right through to the depths of night, DuBois draws the listener in with sounds vividly portraying myriad shifts in the balance of light, leading us through different landscapes, and even making us feel the ever-changing patterns of the weather.

Tracklist:

01. First Light Tundra (10:18)
02. Early Morning Forest (14:35)
03. Late Morning Snow (7:32)
04. Noon White Mountain (14:31)
05. Afternoon Ice Fog (7:22)
06. Evening Blizzard (9:51)
07. Night Tundra (4:37)

Personnel:

Scott DuBois / guitar
Gebhard Ullmann / tenor saxophone & bass clarinet
Thomas Morgan / bass
Kresten Osgood / drums