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Filling your Ipod | Jesse van Ruller - Circles

Alluding to funk, soul, as well as a number of modern jazz styles, guitarist Jesse Van Ruller's quartet functions in a space of its own making that is outside of any familiar category. Both difficult to define and hugely enjoyable, the music features a few significant characteristics. Despite the presence of the leader's electric guitar and Sam Yahel's Hammond B-3 organ, the band maintains an essentially traditional acoustic jazz sound. Further, Van Ruller, Yahel, tenor saxophonist Seamus Blake, and drummer Bill Stewart are all virtuosos who never try to show off or stand out. Although each of them is also a fine ensemble player, they nonetheless maintain a certain, individualistic distance from one another that gives the music a cerebral, somewhat detached feel.
source: AllAboutJazz
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Part 1
Part 2

Track Listing:
1. One
2. Circles
3. Here Comes The Sun
4. Black Dahlia
5. 33 Waltz
6. Zoab
7. Gone With The Wind
8. Secret Champ

Personnel:
Jesse Van Ruller-guitar
Seamus Blake-tenor sax
Sam Yahel-Hammond B-3 organ
Bill Stewart- drums

posted by Gizmo @ 10:06 am