1. Unintentional Hipness (Salles)
2. Not At All (Holmes)
3. Rowley Street (Tomita)
4. "...and then they played..." (Holmes)
5. Arrival (Salles)
6. Minnesota In Montana (Tomita)
7. Again Says Julia (Giampietro)
8. Thornbush (Holmes)
9. Faith Rewarded (Giampietro)
“…This is a group of friends making music together. You can hear that their stories are intertwined and this makes the music come alive in a particular way. There is no substitute for familiarity…” -Jeff Coffin
“Wow, this entry by U of Mass Jazz Faculty…is just a first class endeavor with wonderfully melodic yet some complex original compositions in different ‘bags’ by all, and great playing no matter what ‘bag’ they are in! It all holds together well too. When they wanna swing, swing they do, and when it’s ‘in the pocket’ playing, in the pocket it is! So check this one out from beginning to end to get the full picture!” -Randy Brecker
REVIEW:
Normally, when you get a record that escapes from college, it’s a bunch of bright students showing off what they can do. This time out it’s the faculty, and these are cats you already know as smart jazzbos. Playing it after hours style, this can swing like, well, the pros that they are. A solid session that shows jazz is alive and well no matter how goofy things are getting. Well done.
-Chris Spector for Midwest Record
credits
released April 17, 2020
Jeff Holmes: piano and trumpet
Thomas Giampietro: drums
Felipe Salles: saxophones
Fumi Tomita: basses
Recorded and engineered by Matt Hayes at Wellspring Sound, Acton, MA, June 5-6, 2017
Mixed by David Darlington and Felipe Salles and mastered by David Darlington at Bass Hit Recording, New York, NY, September 1 and 3, 2018
Funding support provided by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts.
