Greg Osby, Channel Three - 46m 57s

Tracks & Durations

1. Mob Job	5:02
2. Vertical Hold	4:49
3. Viewer Discretion	5:47
4. Diode Emissions	5:41
5. Fine Tuning	4:13
6. Please Stand By	5:08
7. Channel Three	7:21
8. Test Pattern	4:52
9. Miss Ann	3:57

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Review

With a bevy of tunes alluding to television, Osby takes on the challenge of the saxophone trio with Channel Three. Inspired by such landmark recordings as Sonny Rollins' Night at the Village Vanguard and Lee Konitz's Motion, Osby places real demands on both himself and his associates (the 21-year-old Matthew Brewer on bass and Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums) to make whole music without the benefit of a harmony instrument filling out the sound and the form. Other influences are apparent in the compositions, as Osby brackets his seven originals with a taut, bluesy trip through Ornette Coleman's "Mob Job" and a sprightly soprano version of Eric Dolphy's "Miss Ann." Along the way, he creates a luminous ballad in "Diode Emissions" and stretches out brilliantly on "Vertical Hold" and "Test Pattern," even reducing the band to just the duo of alto and drums for "Please Stand By." Throughout, Osby's fluency and commitment are worthy of his inspirations. --Stuart Broomer"I refrained from doing a project like this for a long time," says Greg Osby of Channel Three, his 16th album for Blue Note since he signed with the label in 1990, and his first trio recital.

On Channel Three, Osby unveils his latest discovery, 21-year-old Matthew Brewer, his bassist of choice since 2002. On drums is Jeff "Tain" Watts, one of this era's most prominent drummers, and Osby's friend since both attended Berklee School of Music a quarter century ago. Osby opens the program with a soulful flight through Ornette Coleman's "Mob Job," and closes with a crisp soprano saxophone reading of Eric Dolphy's "Miss Ann." The bookends sandwich seven idiosyncratic Osby originals.

On Channel Three, Osby and his partners channel the spirit of wonderment and limitless possibility that characterized the '60s and '70s culture of radical improvising in which their role models flourished. Yet again, Osby makes it his business, as he once put it, "to affirm my foothold in the realm of unpredictability."

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Channel Three

Tracks: 10 (+1 tracks), Disk length: 1h 14m (+27m 3s)

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