Jazz for Moderns

by Duane Tatro

Jazz for Moderns cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1956
  • Label: Contemporary
  • Country: United States
  • Community rating: 3.38/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Leaning heavily into abstract, avant-garde compositional structures, the arranger challenges top-tier West Coast session players with highly unconventional scores on 'Jazz for Moderns'. The bracing dissonance and complex counterpoint stand in sharp contrast to the era's prevailing cool jazz orthodoxies.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Backlash
  2. Multiplicity
  3. Minor Incident
  4. Turbulence
  5. Low Clearance
  6. Folly
  7. Dollar Day
  8. Easy Terms
  9. Outpost
  10. Maybe Next Year
  11. Conversation Piece

Credits

  • Joe Maini - alto saxophone
  • Lennie Niehaus - alto saxophone
  • Bob Gordon - baritone saxophone
  • Jimmy Giuffre - baritone saxophone
  • Ralph Pe帽a - bass
  • Shelly Manne - drums
  • Joseph Eger - french horn
  • Vincent DeRosa - french horn

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