Russell Gunn, Love Requiem - 57m 8s

Tracks & Durations

1. Part I: In The Beginning: Love	9:10
2. Part II: Deceit	9:32
3. Part III: Love Requiem	8:21
4. Part IV: Psychosis	4:48
5. Part V: Emptiness	3:14
6. Part V: Torment - Part One	3:08
7. Part V: Torment - Part Two	7:57
8. Part VIII: Heartache And Regrets	7:50
9. Part IX: Acceptance	3:02

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Review

Hailing from East Saint Louis, Illinois--the hometown of Miles Davis--trumpeter Russell Gunn has no choice but to swing. But what makes this recording special is the level of emotion and maturity this talented 26-year-old brings to the table. Backed in large and small ensembles with alto and tenor saxophonists Myron Walden and Mark Turner, flutist Greg Tardy, vibraphonist Stefon Harris, pianists James Hurt and Shedrick Mitchell, bassist Eric Revis, and drummer Cindy Blackman, Gunn and company deliver a dancing and dark look at love. With his bone-deep tone, Gunn surveys a number of jazz eras, as evidenced by the '70s, Donald Byrd-like midtempo grooves of "Part I: In the Beginning: Love" and the Woody Shaw evocations on "Part II: Deceit." John Coltrane's hypnotic "Equinox" is reincarnated on "Part VII: "Heartache and Regrets," thanks to Blackman's volcanic drumming, and Revis's dynamic bass double-stops spell Charles Mingus on the furious 4/4 vehicle "Torment--Part One." Gunn's debt to Wynton Marsalis colors "Torment--Part Two," and his trumpet slurs echo the avant-garde genius Don Cherry on the title cut. What is apparent throughout this spectral CD is Russell Gunn's encyclopedic embrace of tradition coupled with his pioneering stamp on it. --Eugene Holley Jr.

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