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Kaylé Brecher: Bredux: Collected Edges

By Geannine Reid
November 24, 2021
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Vocalist

Kaylé Brecher

vocals

" data-original-title="" title="">Kaylé Brecher has continuously honed her skills as a creative composer and arranger. A Summa Cum Laude graduate of Temple University with a double major in performance and compositions/arranging, she has always pushed for continued growth. Brecher studied composition and arranging privately with Jim McNeely and Michael Abene, a vehicle to polish her creative writing. The fruits of her fertile ideas afforded three original compositions and two of her versions of

Freddie Hubbard

trumpet
1938 - 2008

" data-original-title="" title="">Freddie Hubbard tunes to be published by Freddie Hubbard's publishing company Hubtones, and two of her versions of

Herbie Hancock

piano
b.1940

" data-original-title="" title="">Herbie Hancock tunes also published by Hancock Music.

Bredux: Collected Edges is Brecher's ninth album. A beautifully curated collection of eleven tunes that highlight Brecher's arrangements, adventurism, and adaptability. Fred Neil's "Wild Child (World of Trouble)," made famous by Tom Rush, opens the set. Brecher wrote the arrangement, which is a slow funky groove. Brecher's singing is answered by muted trumpet by

Matt Cappy

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Matt Cappy, as she transforms the melody form from a folky acoustic guitar groove to a deeply funky groove. The arrangement builds through the first chorus, traversing the form with steady energy.

Frank Butrey

guitar

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Butrey's guitar takes a fresh harmonic path as he proceeds to build his solo with chords and climbing single lines. His tone is bright and clothed in delay, reverb, and chorus. Brecher follows with her chorus of scatting. Her focus is playing with small motifs as she moves the idea around rhythmically and with intervals. Brecher's arrangement blossoms like a folk dance, with added signs of fusion and jazz, but her interpretation of the melody contributes to the tune's success.

"Spy Music" is a hip arrangement of a Sheldon Peterson tune with lyrics added by Brecher. The arrangement features a hipster groove, angular melody, and many band hits. A clear gem on the album. The manner in which Brecher phrases the melody resonates in a horn-like fashion with its legato and accented treatment. The result is a tune that is contemporary as it climbs and cadences. Furthermore, the intuitive solidarity amongst the musicians is apparent, and this ambitious musical experiment is a win.

Brecher once again spins forth an album of depth and passion. Her writing and arranging drip with adventure and its lens is a kaleidoscope of authentic jazz bordering on the fearlessness of avant-garde.

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Track Listing

Wild Child (World of Trouble); So Complicated; Under Paris Skies; Spy Music; Cool; Back to the Red Clay; Autumn Leaves; Choices; Tunnels, So It Goes; Spy Music (alternate take).

Personnel

Kaylé Brecher

vocals

Additional Instrumentation

Jeff Lee Johnson: guitar (4, 11), Ron Jennings: guitar (4, 11), Frank Butrey: electric guitar (1, 3, 6, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (10), David Dzubinski: piano and keys (3, 5, 6, 7, 10), Michael Louis Frank: piano and keys (8, 9), Ratzo Harris: bass (tracks 1, 6), Darryl Hall: acoustic bass (9), David Blaetz: acoustic bass (8), Paul Klinefelter: acoustic bass (5, 7), Chico Huff: acoustic bass (3, 4, 11), Doc Gibbs: percussion (9), Edgardo Cintron: percussion (3, 7, 10), Rick Lopez: percussion (8), Kaylé Brecher: percussion (10), Grant Calvin Weston: drums (1, 6), Erik Johnson: drums (4, 11), Mathew Ferguson: drums (8), Tony DeAngelis: drums (3), Grant MacAvoy: drums (5, 9, 10), Ron Kerber: soprano sax (2), Tony Salicandro: alto sax (2), Ben Schachter: tenor sax (2), Bill Zaccagni: baritone sax (2), Jimmy Parker: sousaphone (10), Barry McCommon: bass trombone (10), Stan Slotter: trumpet (10), Charles Ventrello: saxophones, flute (8), Todd Groves: piccolo (3), Matt Cappy: trumpet (1), John Swana: trumpet (9), Ben Sutin: violin (6).

Album information

Title: Bredux: Collected Edges | Year Released: 2021 | Record Label: Self Produced

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