Hagans, Tim
Blue Note, 2021, CD
Instrument: Trumpet
Issue: 27.3
Jazz Ruler Type: Fusion
Performance: 3
Sound: 3
Score: 71
O’s Notes: Trumpeter Tim Hagans brought his compositions to the NDR Big Band where he arranged and produced A Conversation. This is not the usual big band discussion as Hagen’s elects to group the musicians into small ensembles vs. normal instrumental sections. There are four such divisions, three brass/wind groupings and a rhythm section. We couldn’t hear a discernible difference but it is indeed unusual and different than what we’ve come to expect from NDR. But midway through the album things heat up and “Movement IV” really cooks in spots before our favorite, the adventurous “Movement V”.
Publicist: Lydia Liebman Promotions
