Gordon, Jon
ArtistShare, 2024, CD
Instrument: Saxophone
Issue: 30.4
Jazz Ruler Type: BigBand
Performance: 4
Sound: 3
Score: 75
O’s Notes: Alto & soprano saxophonist, Professor Jon Gordon teaches at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg and surrounds himself with faculty and alumni on 7th Avenue South, his latest recording. Pianist Will Bonness is blazing on the title track. Vocals come from a choir with Erin Propp featured on “Here, There (and Everywhere)”. Trumpeter Jonathan Challoner breathes clear tone into “Visit” while Jocelyn Gould shines on “Ponder This”. We also enjoyed “Paradox”, arranged by trombonist Alan Ferber. Walter Smith III (t-sax), and John Ellis (b-cl) are both key components of the rich harmonies that make this session a winner.
Publicist: Braithwaite & Katz