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Jon De Lucia Octet featuring Ted Brown: Live at The Drawing Room

by Jon De Lucia Octet

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Smog Eyes 07:44
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Preservation 04:57
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Palo Alto 05:38
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Sextet 08:34
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about

Saxophonist Jon De Lucia met the great tenorist Ted Brown in
2014, and got to play with him soon after. He was and is struck
by the pure lyricism and honesty in his improvising. One of the
original students of forward thinking pianist Lennie Tristano in
the 1940s, Brown, along with Lee Konitz, is among the last of
this great school of players. Later, when De Lucia discovered
some of Jimmy Giuffre’s original scores from the Lee Konitz
meets Jimmy Giuffre session of 1959, which Brown and Konitz
both participated in, he knew he wanted to put a band together
to play this music with Ted.
Thus the Jon De Lucia Octet was formed. A Five
Saxophone and Rhythm lineup with unique arrangements by
the great clarinetist/saxophonist Jimmy Giuffre. The original
charts featured Lee Konitz on every track, and the first step in
2016 was to put a session together reuniting Brown and Konitz
on these tunes. An open rehearsal was held at the City College
of New York, Lee took the lead and played beautifully while Ted
took over the late Warne Marsh’s part. This then led to the
concert you have here before you.
De Lucia steps into Lee’s shoes, while the features have
been reworked to focus on Brown, including new arrangements
of his tunes by De Lucia and daughter Anita Brown. The rest of
the band includes a formidable set of young saxophonists,
including John Ludlow, who incidentally was a protege of the
late Hal McCusick, who also played on the original recording
session of Lee Konitz meets Jimmy Giuffre, and plays the alto
saxophone, now inherited, used in the session. Jay Rattman and
Marc Schwartz round out the tenors, and Andrew Hadro, who
can be heard to great effect on Venus De Milo, plays the
baritone. In the rhythm section, Ray Gallon, one of NYC’s most
swinging veterans on the piano, Aidan O’Donnell on the bass
and the other legend in the room, the great Steve Little on the
drums. Little was in Duke Ellington’s band in 1968, recording on the now classic Strayhorn tribute …and His Mother Called Him
Bill, before going on to record all of the original Sesame Street
music and much more as a studio musician.
The show was sold out at Brooklyn’s now defunct
Drawing Room, operated by Michael Kanan and Stephanie
Grieg. Along with the music previously mentioned, De
Lucia had recently acquired some of the original parts
from Gerry Mulligan’s Songbook session, which featured
Konitz, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims and Allen Eager in another
great sax section recording, this time arranged by Bill
Holman. Here the band plays “Sextet,” and “Venus De Milo”
from that session. Brown, here making the band a Nonet,
plays beautifully and takes part in every tune, reading
parts even when not soloing. Not included in this CD is an
extended take of Konitz’s “Cork n’ Bib” and Giuffre’s piece
for three clarinets, “Sheepherders.” Possible bonus releases
down the line!
Since this concert, the Octet has taken on a life of
its own, covering the repertoire of the original Dave
Brubeck Octet, more of the Mulligan material, Alec Wilder,
and increasingly De Lucia’s own material. De Lucia
continues searching for rare and underperformed material,
rehearsing regularly in NYC and performing less regularly.
One can hope there is much more to come from this
talented group!

“Some jazz listeners disdain "West Coast jazz, "cool jazz," or any
music in the neighborhood of Lennie Tristano (not just East
32nd Street) as so cerebral that it's barely defrosted. Jon De
Lucia's Octet shows how wrong that perception is: this music
is warm, witty, embracing, not Rubik's Cube scored for
saxophones. Rather, the playful, tender spirit of Lester Young
dances through everyone's heart. This impassioned group
swings, even when the players are intently looking at the
score. For this gig, the Octet had a great spiritual asset in the
gently fervent playing of Ted Brown, a Sage of melodic
invention. Also, this session was recorded at one of New York
City's now-lost shrines, Michael Kanan and Stephanie Greig's
"The Drawing Room," a sacred home for all kinds of music. I
am grateful that Jon De Lucia has created this group: so
delightful in whatever they play. You'll hear it too. “
- Michael Steinman, jazzlives.wordpress.com



Jon De Lucia is a Brooklyn based saxophonist and composer.
Originally from Quincy, MA, Jon has become an integral part of the
New York scene. Predominantly a student of jazz, he also has a
deep interest in the folkloric music and instruments of Cuba,
Japan, Ireland and Italy, having performed on a variety of ethnic
flutes, drums and stringed instruments. Jon has led his groups and
played as a sideman in Boston, New York and all over Japan with
such musicians as Bill Crow, Michael Kanan, David Tronzo, Bob
Moses, John Lockwood, Billy Mintz, Steve Little, Putter Smith and
Thomas Morgan. He leads the Jon De Lucia Group, and the
baroque improvising Luce Trio. In 2017 he will be publishing his
first article on Lester Young for the Jazz Research Journal, along
with a saxophone exercise book derived by the music of JS Bach.
He has released four records as a leader and continues to
compose, perform and teach privately in New York City.


Ted Brown, tenor saxophonist, was born in Rochester, New York, on
December 1, 1927. Lee Konitz, the alto saxophone player in that
band, made an immediate impact on Ted who recognized that Lee
was taking a new direction different from Bird's. A few weeks later,
having heard Lee and Warne play together at a private session
with Lennie Tristano, Ted decided to study with Lennie and
continued to do so for some seven years. Ted's first recording
experience occurred in March of 1956 at Rudy Van Gelder's studio.
The Savoy album titled "All About Ronnie" included Ronnie Ball
piano, Willie Dennis trombone, Ted Brown tenor sax, Wendell
Marshall bass and Kenny Clarke on drums. In March of 2001, Ted
played concerts in Paris. Nimes and Brussels with Lee Konitz, Marc
Johnson and Joey Baron. The concert in Brussels was "A Tribute to
Lennie Tristano.” In November of 2002, Ted recorded an album for
SteepleChase under his own name with Harold Danko, Dennis
Irwin and Jeff Hirshfield. It was titled "Preservation" as a tribute to
Lester Young. He continues to perform at age 90.
SOLOS:

Somp’M Outa’ Nothin’ Alto – Jon De Lucia Piano – Ray Gallon
Smog Eyes Tenor – Ted Brown Tenor – Jay Rattman Alto – John Ludlow Piano – Ray Gallon Ted and Jay Trade
The Song is You Alto – Jon De Lucia Tenor – Ted Brown
Venus De Milo Bari – Andrew Hadro Alto – Jon De Lucia Tenor – Jay Rattman Bass – Aidan O’Donnell
I Resemble You Tenor – Ted Brown Tenor – Marc Schwartz Alto – Jon De Lucia
Jazz of Two Cities Piano – Ray Gallon Bari – Andrew Hadro Tenor – Ted Brown Drums – Steve Little
Darn That Dream Alto – Jon De Lucia Piano – Ray Gallon
Preservation Tenor – Ted Brown Piano – Ray Gallon Bass – Aidan O’Donnell Drums – Steve Little
Palo Alto Alto – Jon De Lucia Tenor – Ted Brown
Sextet Alto – John Ludlow Tenor – Ted Brown Tenor – Marc Schwartz Tenor – Jay Rattman Bari – Andrew Hadro Alto – Jon De Lucia

credits

released July 10, 2018

Jon De Lucia Octet with Ted Brown
Live at The Drawing Room
Street Date: July 10, 2018
Recorded live on October 22nd, 2016 at the Drawing
Room in Brooklyn, NY.
Engineered, Mixed and Mastered by Tony Melone.
Package design by Jon De Lucia and Tony Melone.
Photos by Joseph Squillante and Matt Harvey.
© 2018 Gut String Records 033

ALTOS: Jon De Lucia, John Ludlow
TENORS: Ted Brown, Jay Rattman, Marc Schwartz
BARI: Andrew Hadro
PIANO: Ray Gallon
BASS: Aidan O’Donnell
DRUMS: Steve Little

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