BLUES VARIANT

$20.21
Label
CRISS CROSS
Release Date
January 13, 2023
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      FEINBERG, MICHAEL
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 13, 2023
    • UPC
      8712474141326
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CSS1413.2
    • LABEL
      CRISS CROSS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Blues Variant

      Composer: Michael Feinberg

      Performer: Michael Feinberg, Noah Preminger, Leo Genovese, Nasheet Waits

    2. Saqqara

      Composer: Michael Feinberg

      Performer: Michael Feinberg, Noah Preminger, Leo Genovese, Nasheet Waits

    3. High or Booze

      Composer: Michael Feinberg

      Performer: Michael Feinberg, Noah Preminger, Leo Genovese, Nasheet Waits

    4. The Healing Power of Grits

      Composer: Michael Feinberg

      Performer: Michael Feinberg, Noah Preminger, Leo Genovese, Nasheet Waits

    5. Eye of the Hurricane

      Composer: Michael Feinberg

      Performer: Michael Feinberg, Dave Liebman, Noah Preminger, Leo Genovese, Nasheet Waits

    6. The Water Brought Us, The Water Spirit Will Take Us Home

      Composer: Michael Feinberg

      Performer: Michael Feinberg, Dave Liebman, Noah Preminger, Leo Genovese, Nasheet Waits

    7. Gather Power

      Composer: Michael Feinberg

      Performer: Michael Feinberg, Dave Liebman, Noah Preminger, Leo Genovese, Nasheet Waits

    8. Improvisation (For Leslie)

      Composer: Michael Feinberg

      Performer: Michael Feinberg, Noah Preminger, Leo Genovese, Nasheet Waits

    9. Cycle Song

      Composer: Michael Feinberg

      Performer: Michael Feinberg, Noah Preminger, Leo Genovese, Nasheet Waits

    10. Year of Ox

      Composer: Michael Feinberg

      Performer: Michael Feinberg, Noah Preminger, Leo Genovese, Nasheet Waits


An intriguing element of Michael Feinberg's superb Criss Cross debut is that the leader could easily have titled it "Bassist In The Background" (Fans of Duke Ellington's wonderful 1960 LP Pianist In The Background will know what I mean.) Throughout Blues Variant - which includes six tunefully percolating originals by Feinberg, one by tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger, and one by pianist Leo Genovese - the 35-year-old bass maestro hews to the mantra, "If you want to hear me solo, come to a gig, where I often play a solo on every tune". The Album was recorded January 17, 2022 at the Samurai Hotel Recording Studio in NY. Recording engineer Mike Marciano also did the editing, mixing and mastering at Systems Two in NY. Photography by Anna Yatskevich.