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Jae Sinnett's Zero to 60 Quartet: Commitment

By Jack Bowers
May 23, 2023
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Jae Sinnett's Zero to 60 Quartet: Commitment

Commitment, drummer

Jae Sinnett

drums

" data-original-title="" title="">Jae Sinnett's nineteenth album as leader, is a generally admirable session wherein his Zero to 60 Quartet is in fact a Quintet on most numbers thanks to the inclusion of renowned trumpeter

Randy Brecker

trumpet
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Randy Brecker who shares the front line with veteran saxophonist

Steve Wilson

saxophone
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Wilson.

The quintet comes out smokin' on Sinnett's "Takin' It There" and pianist

Allen Farnham

piano
b.1961

" data-original-title="" title="">Allen Farnham's "Wait for Me," after which Sinnett chooses to slow the tempo and lower the heat, not raising it again until the rhythmic finale,

Antonio Carlos Jobim

piano
1927 - 1994

" data-original-title="" title="">Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Chega de Saudade (No More Blues)." Brecker is eloquent there, as he is whenever and wherever he appears. He steps aside on Farnham's pensive "Be That As It May" (vaguely reminiscent of "Send in the Clowns"), while Wilson does the same on

Frank Foster

saxophone
1928 - 2011

" data-original-title="" title="">Frank Foster's lyrical "Simone," Sinnett's Mideast-flavored "Muhammara's Dance" and "No More Blues."

The quintet goes Latin on

Clare Fischer

piano
1928 - 2012

" data-original-title="" title="">Clare Fischer's "Morning," after which Brecker's flugelhorn takes center stage on "Simone." Brecker and Farnham share solo honors on

Hoagy Carmichael

piano
1899 - 1981

" data-original-title="" title="">Hoagy Carmichael's lovely standard, "Skylark," and Wilson switches to soprano sax on Sinnett's shadowy "Guise." As for the leader, he keeps superb time and has only one extended solo, the lead-in to Bernard Ighner's "Everything Must Change." The same can be said for bassist

Terry Burrell

bass, acoustic

" data-original-title="" title="">Terry Burrell who takes his lone solo on that same number.

Sinnett's resume as a musician, composer, educator, humanitarian and radio personality is quite impressive, and he certainly lives up to it here. This is an album on which everyone plays well, especially Brecker who never sounds less than decisive and earns the album an extra half- star for his excellence.

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Track Listing

Takin�� It There; Wait for Me; Morning; Simone; Skylark; Muhammara��s Dance; Be It As It May; Everything Must Change; Guise; No More Blues (Chega de Saudade).

Personnel

Jae Sinnett

drums

Randy Brecker

trumpet

Allen Farnham

piano

Steve Wilson

saxophone

Terry Burrell

bass, acoustic

Album information

Title: Commitment | Year Released: 2023 | Record Label: Self Produced

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