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Steve Slagle: Dedication
BySteve Slagle
saxophone, altob.1951

Lawrence Fields
piano
Bill Stewart
drumsb.1966

Roman Diaz
percussion
Scott Colley
bassb.1963

Dave Stryker
guitarb.1957
Most of the material was composed by Slagle (along with a Stryker contribution and one from

Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023

Sonny Rollins
saxophoneb.1930

Steve Swallow
bassb.1940

Carla Bley
piano1938 - 2023
"Triste Beleza (Beautiful Sadness)" is a beautiful bossa nova (a style which Slagle found daunting as a composer, since there are already so many great ones). Stryker plays nylon string guitaran instrument I can't recall hearing him use beforebut he overdubbed his lyrical, blue-tinged solo on electric guitar. Colley follows him with an equally lyrical bass solo. "Opener" is another up-tempo hard bop tune (dedicated to alto saxophonist

Jackie McLean
saxophone, alto1932 - 2006

Wayne Shorter
saxophone1933 - 2023
An album this good is just business as usual for Steve Slagle. A career which includes tenure in Carla Bley's band, the

Mingus Big Band
band / ensemble / orchestra
Charlie Haden
bass, acoustic1937 - 2014
Track Listing
Sun Song; Niner; Major In Come; Triste Beleza (Beautiful Sadness); Opener; Watching Over; Corazon; Sofi; Charcoal Blues.
Personnel
Steve Slagle
saxophone, altoSteve Slagle: alto saxophone, flute (5), soprano saxophone (8); Lawrence FIelds: piano; Scott Colley: bass; Bill Stewart: drums; Roman Diaz: congo, percussion (1, 4, 5, 6, 7); Dave Stryker: electric guitar (2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9), nylon string acoustic guitar (4, 7).
Album information
Title: Dedication | Year Released: 2017 | Record Label: Panorama Records
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