SEAN NOWELL: JAMIE’S DECISION
Musicians:
Sean Nowell (tenor sax),
David Eggar (cello), Art Hirahara (piano), Nir Felder (guitar), Thomson Kneland (bass), Joe Abbatantuono (drums),
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Composed by Sean Nowell
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Recorded: Brooklyn, NY, March 2008
RATING: 89/100 (learn more)
�Jamie�s Decision� is a fetching Sean Nowell composition that encourages repeat listening. The gorgeous melody allows Nowell�s rich saxophone timbre to lull you into its spell. Just when you start to get comfortable, he changes the time signature to bring you about. Eggar�s cello meshes nicely with Nowell�s saxophone and Hirahara�s piano, which gives the proceedings the quality of chamber jazz.. Abbatantuono produces a rich assortment of percussive sounds that fill in the lulls at precisely the right places and move the piece along without ever being brash. This is a little gem of a composition that is satisfyingly complete as it builds and releases tension with an accomplished air of subdued maturity.
Reviewer: Ralph A. Miriello
