Forever (American Bandstand) Wayne Horvitz

• 1 Ben´s Music 04:35
• 2 Prepaid Funeral 05:46
• 3 Love, Love, Love 04:45
• 4 Capricious Midnight 03:20
• 5 9 to 4 04:46
• 6 In the Ballroom 05:21
• 7 Forever 05:18
• 8 Disingenuous Firefight 05:15
• 9 Tired 05:27
• 10 Little Man 03:37
• 11 American Bandstand 05:05
• Total Runtime 53:15

Info zu Forever (American Bandstand)

When Wayne Horvitz decided a few years ago to do a new piano record (the first leading his own group since 1987's Nine Below Zero with Butch Morris and Bobby Previte), he took his time until he found the combination of players that was just right. The wait was worth it: thanks to a great-sounding piano and studio, eleven of his distinctive tunes, and the members of his Hammond B-3 based group Zony Mash playing 'unplugged', the music shines. Foregrounding melody and harmony through the gently plangent voicings of the piano/guitar front line, concise solos, and thoughtful group interplay, the program sets a leisurely pace while evoking a range of styles and feelings. Impressionistic ballads that might recall Paul Bley, Ellington/Strayhorn, Debussy, or the wistful and piquant irony of Satie, blend with mid-tempo songs likewise steeped in the history of jazz, r&b/r&r, soul, funk, blues, gospel, and the avant-garde. A chamber-jazz homage to musical roots, Forever is an open-hearted yet serenely beautiful record.

Formed in 1999, Sweeter Than the Day began simply as the acoustic incarnation of Zony Mash. The band played a series of weekly shows at Seattle's Baltic Room, and quickly became Wayne Horvitz’s first piano-based ensemble in over 10 years, and one of Wayne's longest-running groups, as well as one of his favorites. Despite the shared personnel, the ensemble is quite distinct from the electric Zony Mash and the repertoire is almost entirely different. The band has toured throughout the US, Canada and Europe. Sweeter Than the Day also presents double bills with Robin Holcomb, where it serves as Robin's backup band.

Sweeter Than the Day recorded 2 CDs for Songlines: American Bandstand (now re-titled Forever) (2000) and Sweeter Than the Day (2002).

“Horvitz and co. tone things down a bit while pursuing refined elegance on delicately melodic and altogether stirring pieces such as 'Ben's Music' and the gently understated 'Tired'. Horvitz and guitarist Timothy Young continue their enticing blend of richly stated chord voicings and sonorous unison lines on 'Prepaid Funeral' as the pianist's well-placed chords and crisp delivery speak volumes. On this piece, the musicians turn up the heat as they pursue subtle dynamics and finger-snapping grooves via Horvitz' Texas roadhouse style piano articulations and Young's animated yet intentionally fragile picking and acute phraseology....From beginning to end the musicians allegorize personal sentiment without becoming morose or overly introspective...[a] wonderful recording.' (Glenn Astarita, All About Jazz)

Wayne Horvitz, Piano & Keyboards
Timothy Young, Guitars
Keith Lowe, Acoustic Bass
Andy Roth, Drums

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