{"id":9439,"date":"2018-04-23T17:57:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T00:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/?p=9439"},"modified":"2018-04-24T22:12:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-25T05:12:14","slug":"monday-recommendation-mcneely-the-frankfurtians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2018\/04\/monday-recommendation-mcneely-the-frankfurtians\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Recommendation: McNeely &#038; The Frankfurtians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jim McNeely, The Frankfurt Radio Big Band<\/strong>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2vFSZNS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barefoot Dances and Other Visions<\/a><\/em> (Planet Arts)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/51cM4m1JL._SS500-e1524531217765.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" \/>McNeely fortifies his position in the upper echelon of jazz arrangers in this set of new pieces for the formidable Frankfurt Radio Big Band. The album begins with his tribute to the late Bob Brookmeyer, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bob\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Here.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Despite the dedication to the iconic player of the instrument, Christian Jaksj\u00c3\u00b6 manages to be himself on valve trombone. Indeed, all of the Frankfurt BB soloists\u00e2\u20ac\u201dtoo many to name in a brief recommendation\u00e2\u20ac\u201dare top-flight. Wait, I must mention the tag-team tenor saxophone work of Tony Lakatos and Steffen Weber in \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Falling Upwards.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d McNeely pays tribute to the arranging pioneer Don Redman, incorporating the classic Redman device of clarinet trios into \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Redman Rides Again,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d a piece that otherwise does not evoke the 1920s. In four other new compositions, McNeely\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s writing is notable for its textures, intersecting lines across the horn sections and ingenious use of time relationships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim McNeely, The Frankfurt Radio Big Band, Barefoot Dances and Other Visions (Planet Arts) McNeely fortifies his position in the upper echelon of jazz arrangers in this set of new pieces for the formidable Frankfurt Radio Big Band. The album begins with his tribute to the late Bob Brookmeyer, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bob\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Here.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Despite the dedication to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9439","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-recommendations","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9439"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9439\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}