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CRISS CROSS

I'LL TAKE MY CHANCES

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Artist
STEPHENS, DAYNA
Format
CD
Label
CRISS CROSS
Released
Sep 17, 2013
Catalog #
CSS1361.2
UPC
8712474136124

About

Tenor saxophonist Dayna Stephens is poised, poetic and furiously swinging on his second Criss Cross effort, I'll Take My Chances, a follow-up to his remarkable 2012 release Today Is Tomorrow. The quintet features guitarist Charles Altura, a newcomer to Criss Cross and a key melodic and solo voice throughout. Pianist Gerald Clayton, returning to Criss Cross after sideman sessions with Kendrick Scott and Michael Rodriguez, brings keen virtuosity and harmonic insight to Stephens' challenging, deeply lyrical compositions. Bassist Joe Sanders, whose issued Introducing Joe Sanders on Criss Cross in 2012, achieves an effortless sense of connection with drummer Bill Stewart, a veteran of over 20 Criss Cross sessions, not to mention one of the great influential players of the last 20 years. Along with 5 originals, Field of Landmines by Stephens and Marcus Gilmore, Adrift by Aaron Parks (the pianist on Today Is Tomorrow) and a hard-swinging reinvention of Brad Mehldau's Unrequited, Stephens also includes a rhapsodic treatment of Ellington's Prelude to a Kiss, featuring guest vocalist Becca Stevens. There's also a striking departure: A track with Clayton on organ and the leader on husky, soul-drenched baritone sax.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 Good Tree, Good Fruit 09:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    Good Tree, Good Fruit
    Duration
    09:01
    Composer
    Dayna Stephens
    Performer
    Dayna Stephens, Charles Altura, Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders, Bill Stewart
  2. 2 JFK International 07:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    JFK International
    Duration
    07:20
    Composer
    Dayna Stephens
    Performer
    Dayna Stephens, Charles Altura, Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders, Bill Stewart
  3. 3 Adrift 08:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    Adrift
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    Aaron Parks
    Performer
    Dayna Stephens, Charles Altura, Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders, Bill Stewart
  4. 4 Dirty 07:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    Dirty
    Duration
    07:26
    Composer
    Dayna Stephens
    Performer
    Dayna Stephens, Charles Altura, Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders, Bill Stewart
  5. 5 Unrequited I 07:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    Unrequited I
    Duration
    07:59
    Composer
    Brad Mehldau
    Performer
    Dayna Stephens, Charles Altura, Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders, Bill Stewart
  6. 6 Prelude to a Kiss 05:13
    Track
    6
    Title
    Prelude to a Kiss
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Duke Ellington
    Performer
    Becca Stevens, Dayna Stephens, Charles Altura, Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders, Bill Stewart
  7. 7 Field of Landmines 07:12
    Track
    7
    Title
    Field of Landmines
    Duration
    07:12
    Composer
    Dayna Stephens, Marcus Gilmore
    Performer
    Dayna Stephens, Charles Altura, Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders, Bill Stewart
  8. 8 I'll Take My Chances 09:11
    Track
    8
    Title
    I'll Take My Chances
    Duration
    09:11
    Composer
    Dayna Stephens
    Performer
    Dayna Stephens, Charles Altura, Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders, Bill Stewart
  9. 9 Weezy 04:42
    Track
    9
    Title
    Weezy
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Dayna Stephens
    Performer
    Dayna Stephens, Charles Altura, Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders, Bill Stewart
  10. 10 Unrequited II 06:44
    Track
    10
    Title
    Unrequited II
    Duration
    06:44
    Composer
    Brad Mehldau
    Performer
    Dayna Stephens, Charles Altura, Gerald Clayton, Joe Sanders, Bill Stewart