BRIGHT MOMENTS

$20.21
Label
CRISS CROSS
Release Date
February 19, 2008
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      SWANA, JOHN
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 19, 2008
    • UPC
      8712474130122
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CSS1301.2
    • LABEL
      CRISS CROSS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Jazz
    Works ⌄

    1. Wilbert

      Composer: John Swana

      Performer: John Swana, Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart, Peter Washington, David Hazeltine, Kenny Washington

    2. Chillin' Out

      Composer: John Swana

      Performer: John Swana, Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart, Peter Washington, David Hazeltine, Kenny Washington

    3. Road Trippin'

      Composer: John Swana

      Performer: John Swana, Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart, Peter Washington, David Hazeltine, Kenny Washington

    4. Ferris Wheel

      Composer: John Swana

      Performer: John Swana, Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart, Peter Washington, David Hazeltine, Kenny Washington

    5. Shrack's Corner II

      Composer: John Swana

      Performer: John Swana, Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart, Peter Washington, David Hazeltine, Kenny Washington

    6. Bright Moments

      Composer: John Swana

      Performer: John Swana, Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart, Peter Washington, David Hazeltine, Kenny Washington

    7. Inevitable Encounter

      Composer: John Swana

      Performer: John Swana, Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart, Peter Washington, David Hazeltine, Kenny Washington

    8. Everything I Have Is Yours

      Composer: Burton Lane

      Performer: John Swana, Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart, Peter Washington, David Hazeltine, Kenny Washington

    9. KD

      Composer: John Swana

      Performer: John Swana, Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart, Peter Washington, David Hazeltine, Kenny Washington

    10. Open Highway

      Composer: John Swana

      Performer: John Swana, Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart, Peter Washington, David Hazeltine, Kenny Washington

    11. Shrack's Corner I

      Composer: John Swana

      Performer: John Swana, Eric Alexander, Grant Stewart, Peter Washington, David Hazeltine, Kenny Washington


For his tenth Criss Cross date as a leader, trumpeter John Swana presents his first twin-tenor sextet. Swana, tenor saxophonists Eric Alexander and Grant Stewart, pianist David Hazeltine, bassist Peter Washington and drummer Kenny Washington have intersected on many occasions, but never together in a group. Bright Moments focuses largely on original material with a couple of standards thrown in for good measure; but the writing is so captivating, the performances so attention-grabbing, that it feels like an album of well-known songs. The ever-inventive Swana creates here challenging contexts for his sextet, with an emphasis on hard-swinging and refined balladry.