Sidewalk Meeting is an album by saxophonist Ted Nash which was recorded in 2000 and released on the Arabesque label the following year.[1][2]
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| Released | June 5, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | October 23–24, 2000 | |||
| Studio | Loho Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 52:47 | |||
| Label | Arabesque AJ-156 | |||
| Producer | Ted Nash | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [3] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [4] |
The AllMusic review by David R. Adler said "With Sidewalk Meeting, saxophonist Ted Nash premieres a new, highly unconventional group called Odeon. ... Odeon seamlessly integrates the different sides of Nash's musical personality (he's a member of both the maverick Jazz Composers Collective and the more conservative Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra), and that's just the kind of bridge-building that modern jazz needs".[3] On All About Jazz, Mark Corotto observed "Nash, a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, arranged this unique blend of music and instrumentation. His bass clarinet winds around the plunger trombone of Wycliffe Gordon, Miri Ben-Ari’s violin and William Schimmel’s accordion throughout. They open with Debussy mined from New Orleans by way of an Argentinean tango (read swinging). Nash whets your appetite for the possibilities of this band, then delivers".[5] In JazzTimes, Aaron Steinberg wrote "On Sidewalk Meeting, Odeon demonstrates such a strong sound identity that when they cover Ellington’s “Amad” (from The Far East Suite), Monk’s “Bemsha Swing” and even Debussy’s “Premier Rhapsody,” they make it sound as if the material were written specifically for them".[6]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Ted Nash except where noted
- "Premiere Rhapsodie" (Claude Debussy) – 9:06
- "Jump Line" – 7:29
- "Reverie" – 4:46
- "Tango Sierra" – 7:58
- "Sidewalk Meeting" – 4:25
- "Amad" (Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn) – 7:25
- "Bemsha Swing" (Thelonious Monk, Denzil Best) – 5:39
- "Summer Night in the Deep South" – 3:16
- "Sidewalk Meeting (Reprise)" – 2:43
Personnel
edit- Ted Nash – tenor saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet
- William Schimmel – accordion
- Miri Ben-Ari – violin
- Wycliffe Gordon – tuba, trombone
- Jeff Ballard (tracks 2, 4, 7 & 8), Matt Wilson (tracks 1, 6 & 9) – drums
References
edit- ^ Ted Nash discography accessed May 16, 2018
- ^ Jazzlists: Arabesque Jazz discography accessed May 16, 2018
- ^ a b Adler, David R.. Ted Nash: Sidewalk Meeting – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 1068. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Corotto, M. All About Jazz Review accessed May 16, 2018
- ^ Steinberg, A. JazzTimes Review accessed May 16, 2018