With Mosaic and Jeremy Pelt

With Mosaic and Jeremy Pelt

June 22, 2011 –

Jeremy Pelt's suave, silvery trumpet (and later, flugelhorn) are equally adept at the long, cushiony phrasing of a seductive “Midnight Sun” (Lionel Hampton/Sonny Burke/Johnny Mercer) and the feel-good boue of “Give Me the Simple Life” (Harry Ruby/Rube Bloom). Eyebrows raised, he unhesitatingly ders the goods with as much stage presee as skill. Trombonist Clark Gayton's staccato bursts and husky tones create rhythmic intricacy and churning riffs one doesn't expect from a trombone. He has real flair for a kind of burlesque funk emerging later in the program. Carlton Holmes () creates clean, inventive, off-the-beat embellishment without ever losing melody—a feat. Holmes's solo in “Golden Time of Day” (Frankie Beverly) is achingly evocative.e of “Give Me the Simple Life” (Harry Ruby/Rube Bloom). Eyebrows raised, he unhesitatingly delivers the goods with as much stage presee as skill. Trombonist Clark Gayton's staccato bursts and husky tones create rhythmic intricacy and churning riffs one doesn't expect from a trombone. He has real flair for a kind of burlesque funk emerging later in the program. Carlton Holmes () creates clean, inventive, off-the-beat embellishment without ever losing melody—a feat. Holmes's solo in “Golden Time of Day” (Frankie Beverly) is achingly evocative.e of “Give Me the Simple Life” (Harry Ruby/Rube Bloom). Eyebrows raised, he unhesitatingly delivers the goods with as much stage presee as skill. Trombonist Clark Gayton's staccato bursts and husky tones create rhythmic intricacy and churning riffs one doesn't expect from a trombone. He has real flair for a kind of burlesque funk emerging later in the program. Carlton Holmes (piano) creates clean, inventive, off-the-beat embellishment without ever losing melody—a feat. Holmes's solo in “Golden Time of Day” (Frankie Beverly) is achingly evocative.e of “Give Me the Simple Life” (Harry Ruby/Rube Bloom). Eyebrows raised, he unhesitatingly delivers the goods with as much stage presee as skill. Trombonist Clark Gayton's staccato bursts and husky tones create rhythmic intricacy and churning riffs one doesn't expect from a trombone. He has real flair for a kind of burlesque funk emerging later in the program. Carlton Holmes (piano) creates clean, inventive, off-the-beat embellishment without ever losing melody—a feat. Holmes's solo in “Golden Time of Day” (Frankie Beverly) is achingly evocative.

The arrangements of “Golden Time of Day” and “Midnight Sun” are particularly beautiful and nuanced. Only “Thou Swell” (Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart) seems less than it might be—rushed and zig-zagging, missing the mood and ballast of the original song.

This is a terrific, tight, juicy collaboration. Extremely entertaining.

Alix Cohen
Cabaret Scenes
www.cabaretscenes.org

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