In Suspension

In Suspension

Description: 
Shake it up
Composers: 
Jeremy Long
Duke Ellington
Irving Gordon
Irving Mills
George Fragos
Jack Baker
Dick Gasparre
Performers: 
Jeremy Long
Steven Snyder
Jason Tiemann
Catalog Number: 
#827
Genre: 
Jazz
Collection: 
saxophone
organ
Location: 

Cincinnati, OH

Price: 
$15.00
Release Date: 
May 29, 2012
Liner Notes: 
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In SuspensioniTunes Artist's PageiTunes Album Page
Song TitleTimePrice
1.In Suspension08:19$0.99
2.Shorter Tones07:06$0.99
3.Changes08:10$0.99
4.Blues for Schnitzel04:59$0.99
5.Long Tones06:08$0.99
6.Prelude to a Kiss05:11$0.99
7.I Hear a Rhapsody05:17$0.99
8.Soul Food06:18$0.99
One Sheet: 

Saxophonist/composer Jeremy Long has an impressive curriculum vitae, as broad as it is deep, straddling the worlds of classical and jazz music and encompassing work with saxophone quartets, Ray Charles, Grammy- and Oscar-winning film composer A.R. Rahman, Chaka Khan, the Cincinnati Orchestra and Opera, and many, many others. He’s also an Assistant Professor of Saxophone at Miami University (Ohio). But all the laurels and credits are, amazingly, outshone by the engaging, soulful music of his innova debut, In Suspension. 

The organ trio setting is a warm and inviting one, with organist Steve Snyder and drummer Jason Tiemann providing sympathetic backing for Long on six originals and two reimagined standards. Ushered in by the hushed clatter of Tiemann’s rims, opener “In Suspension” builds from a funky bass line that would be at home on any Jimmy Smith record. But the group twists and turns it into something fresh, revealing aspirations beyond simple blues-based organ workouts. They stretch further on the second track, “Shorter Tones,” based off saxophonist Wayne Shorter’s “Children of the Night.” As organist Larry Young did on his Blue Note classic, Unity, Long infuses the genre of organ jazz with a healthy dose of the angularity and extended harmonies of the avant-garde. The result is music that’s both smart and toe-tapping, a record that’s equal parts appealing and subtly challenging. 

Reviews: 

GAPPLEGATE MUSIC REVIEW “Jeremy Long is staking out lesser explored territories on In Suspension (Innova 827). Jeremy is a tenor who has a kind of hardness in his sound and an aggressively swinging quality, something that Joe Henderson did so well. Long's compositions take the organ trio to contemporary places.” —Greg Edwards

JAZZ WEEKLY "[A]ngular and complex … with lots of twists and turns." —George Harris