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Playground

Robert Mazurek

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A revelation. Cornetist Mazurek and his Chicago Underground Orchestra -- here consisting of guitarist Jeff Parker (from Tortoise), trombonist Sara P. Smith, bassist Chris Lopes, and drummer Chad Taylor -- create some of the freshest sounds of late-'90s jazz. Mazurek and Parker's original tunes have the loose improvisatory feel of Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock's late-'60s compositions, giving soloists free rein to strut their stuff. The two cover tunes -- Hancock's "Blow Up" and Duke Ellington's "Le Sucrier Velours" -- sound right at home here, with the first treated to a driving, percussive workout while the latter floats along at a more meditative pace. Imaginative use of instrumental colors and combinations prevail throughout the album. Mazurek's playing on the drifting "Inner Soul of H" has that vulnerable purity that Miles Davis exhibited on his In a Silent Way sessions.

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1
Blow Up
00:08:17

Robert Mazurek, MainArtist

(C) 1998 Delmark Records (P) 1998 Delmark Records

2
Flamingos Dancing on Luminescent Moonbeams
00:07:43

Robert Mazurek, MainArtist

(C) 1998 Delmark Records (P) 1998 Delmark Records

3
Boiled Over
00:08:08

Robert Mazurek, MainArtist

(C) 1998 Delmark Records (P) 1998 Delmark Records

4
Le Sucrier Velours
00:02:06

Robert Mazurek, MainArtist

(C) 1998 Delmark Records (P) 1998 Delmark Records

5
Component Changes
00:06:23

Robert Mazurek, MainArtist

(C) 1998 Delmark Records (P) 1998 Delmark Records

6
Playground
00:10:38

Robert Mazurek, MainArtist

(C) 1998 Delmark Records (P) 1998 Delmark Records

7
Jeff's New Idea
00:06:34

Robert Mazurek, MainArtist

(C) 1998 Delmark Records (P) 1998 Delmark Records

8
The Inner Soul of H
00:03:02

Robert Mazurek, MainArtist

(C) 1998 Delmark Records (P) 1998 Delmark Records

9
Whitney
00:07:07

Robert Mazurek, MainArtist

(C) 1998 Delmark Records (P) 1998 Delmark Records

10
Ostinato
00:08:08

Robert Mazurek, MainArtist

(C) 1998 Delmark Records (P) 1998 Delmark Records

Album review

A revelation. Cornetist Mazurek and his Chicago Underground Orchestra -- here consisting of guitarist Jeff Parker (from Tortoise), trombonist Sara P. Smith, bassist Chris Lopes, and drummer Chad Taylor -- create some of the freshest sounds of late-'90s jazz. Mazurek and Parker's original tunes have the loose improvisatory feel of Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock's late-'60s compositions, giving soloists free rein to strut their stuff. The two cover tunes -- Hancock's "Blow Up" and Duke Ellington's "Le Sucrier Velours" -- sound right at home here, with the first treated to a driving, percussive workout while the latter floats along at a more meditative pace. Imaginative use of instrumental colors and combinations prevail throughout the album. Mazurek's playing on the drifting "Inner Soul of H" has that vulnerable purity that Miles Davis exhibited on his In a Silent Way sessions.

© Rick Watrous /TiVo

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