John McNeil, East Coast Cool - 54m 23s

Tracks & Durations

1. Deadline	5:18
2. A Time to Go	5:57
3. Brother Frank	5:16
4. Bernie's Tune	6:41
5. Duet # 1	1:24
6. Delusions	5:32
7. Wanwood	4:39
8. Internal Hurdles	5:01
9. Duet # 2	1:49
10. Waltz Helios	5:11
11. Schoenberg's Piano Concerto	2:52
12. GAB	4:33

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Review

Musical breakthrough of East Coast Cool merges the hip, clean crispness of West Coast cool (epitomized by Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan) with the adventurous melodic and rhythmic drive of New York post-bop. Veteran master trumpeter, composer, arranger, and musical mischief-maker John McNeil teams with Gerry Mulligan-cum-new-bop-channeling baritone saxophonist Allan Chase, madcap drummer Matt Wilson, and vibrantly flexible bassist John Hebert for a generously spine-tingling musical treat!

"Mr. McNeil wants to unlock the neat, airy, compressed feeling of the Mulligan quartet; he wants to open it up to modern possibilities. And he wants the music at least half planted on the ground. . . . the wonder of the record is its breezy transparency. . . . And Mr. Chase, filling Mulligan's role, does the most to seal the record's connection to what inspired it: he plays with balance and authority . . . " —Ben Ratliff, The New York Times

". . . McNeil's one-of-a-kind trumpet allure encircles each piece with a personal stamp that speaks of freedom in jazz. . . . From one pioneer to another, McNeil and crew honor the memory of Gerry Mulligan with a fresh voice of their own. Each selection brings a welcome surprise." —Jim Santella, AllAboutJazz.com

"An extraordinary disc...full of conceptual surprises." -JAZZTIMES

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