Artist: Jim Rotondi & David Hazeltine feat. Greg Skaff, Barak Mori, Joe Strasser
Album: Champagne Taste
Label: nagel heyer records
Year Of Release: 2005
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Tracklist:
1. Afreaka (08:28)
2. Pound Cake (06:29)
3. P.S. (05:39)
4. Mamacita (07:10)
5. Reasons (07:20)
6. Champagne Taste (06:25)
7. Love for Sale (07:41)
8. OOTW (01:31)
9. Out of This World (09:54)
10. Howayou (06:22)
11. Voodoo (04:29)
Personnel:
Jim Rotondi – trumpet, synthesizer
David Hazeltine – fender rhodes, hammond b3
Greg Skaff – guitar
Barak Mori – bass
Joe Strasser – drums
Full House is an exciting new musical collaboration between trumpeter Jim Rotondi and pianist David Hazeltine which draws on a wide variety of influences, ranging from their straight-ahead jazz roots through the electronic innovations of the 1970’s and ’80’s.
Both artists realized from the outset that as with any new musical venture, musical integrity is of primary importance, and they simply choose to explore the possibilities and challenges that newer styles and compositional approaches present. This is why in any given performance it isn’t uncommon to hear new arrangements from the songbooks of Stevie Wonder or Earth, Wind & Fire, but given a treatment conductive to improvisation. Of course there is also a strong focus on original composition in addition to the works of great jazz composers such as Cedar Walton, Joe Henderson and Wayne Shorter.
