Released: 2011 | Formats: CD & Digital
Quiz
$9.97 – $14.97
5 compositions from McCabe plus two Jazz standards.
Recorded December 2009, April 2010 in NYC
Uri Caine [Piano], Ugonna Okegwo [Bass],
Greg Hutchinson [Drums], Rudy Royston [Drums]
About “Quiz”
Quiz (Consolidated Artists Productions), alto saxophonist-composer Alexander McCabe’s first new CD as a leader in five years, marks the return of a distinctive jazz stylist whose music is melodic and accessible as well as sophisticated and challenging. Joining him are pianist Uri Caine, bassist Ugonna Ukegwo, and drummers Greg Hutchinson and Rudy Royston. McCabe and his all-star quartet are well-grounded in the jazz tradition but stretch and expand it without losing sight of the jazz verities of swing, melody, and spontaneity.
This combination of directly appealing melody underpinned by sophisticated musical ideas is part of what makes Quiz such a unique and rewarding listening experience. On Quiz, Alexander McCabe shows that for musicians with the right sensibility, the jazz tradition can point the way to fresh innovations without being arcane or forbidding. This is swinging jazz with a twist, music that anyone can enjoy.
