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CD Reviews: Jay T. Vonada, “Jammin’ “
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Posted by: editoron Monday, September 22, 2008 - 12:47 PM |
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By: Edward Blanco
Trombonist Jay T. Vonada from Aaronsburg, Pennsylvania makes an elegant entrance into the world of recorded music with an audacious debut release of Jammin,’ just the kind of stuff that one needs to get noticed. Without a star-studded cast of players Vonada crafts a very fine first effort using local talent producing a nice result. His quartet includes Adam Kurland on keyboards, Jacob Hibel on bass and John Sullivan manning the drums.
The album features eight boppish originals ranging from Swing, Latin to a bit of jazz funk. Unlike some albums where the leader is just one of the guys who takes his turn on solo, Vonada plays a prominent role here taking lead and rarely relinquishes it to the other band mates. Kurland performs the majority of the other leads with his play on the keyboards and the organ. The short program opens up with “A Blues” a brisk blues-colored number then gives way to the rich melody of “Three Tons” where Vonada’s full-toned playing shares the stage with Kurland’s piano dance and steady bass lines from Hibel.
“Anthracite” is your swinging jazz number delivered in up-tempo lively spurts containing quick-paced solos from the trombonist. Adding a little of the Latin tinge to the music, Vonada blows a spicy bone on “Alea” one of the several delicious treats here. You can’t have an album without one ballad piece and Vonada is just marvelous on the slow and soft “Rose Ann,” a heart-warming sensitive chart. There’s the meaty bop-infused “Red Ash” and rich “Mina” where Kurland’s play on the organ is particularly pleasing and the funky finale of “Funk’ n Blues” punctuated by drummer Sullivan’s beats as Vonada weaves the tune through Kurland’s fine organ dance.
Jammin’ seems a very appropriate title for Jay T. Vonada’s debut release for in many ways the music does come across like a jazzy jam session in a smoke-filled room of a jazz club and that’s made as a compliment not a criticism for some of the best jazz you may ever here will be in one of these places.
Year: 2008
Label: Self Published
Artist Web: www.myspace.com/jjazzbone
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