Trumpeter Ryan Quigley To Release "What Doesn't Kill You" September 9 Featuring Paul Booth, Steve Hamilton, Michael Janisch, Clarence Penn

Source: Emma Perry Publicity
August 7, 2016
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Enjoying a career which includes key roles with prominent UK symphony orchestras and big bands, plus recording/touring projects with Aretha Franklin, Quincy Jones, Tom Jones and

Randy Brecker

trumpet
b.1945

" data-original-title="" title="">Randy Brecker (to name but a few), trumpeter and composer/arranger

Ryan Quigley

trumpet

" data-original-title="" title="">Ryan Quigley now unveils his ten-track album What Doesn��t Kill You��a quintet release with

Paul Booth

saxophone
b.1977

" data-original-title="" title="">Paul Booth (tenor sax, flutes),

Steve Hamilton

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" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Hamilton (piano, Fender Rhodes),

Michael Janisch

bass
b.1979

" data-original-title="" title="">Michael Janisch (double bass) and

Clarence Penn

drums
b.1968

" data-original-title="" title="">Clarence Penn (drums). The album will be supported by a tour featuring special guest pianist

" data-original-title="" title="">Geoffrey Keezer.

Having worked for a number of years with Scottish band Brass Jaw, as well as releasing his own album Laphroaig-ian Slip, Quigley��s experience shines through in this new set of originals which suggests the passion of early '60s hard-bop and early ��70s fusion, yet is up to date in forward-thinking appeal. Here is music born out of strong compositional melody which, in turn, sparks honest improvisational freedom; and while it features the leader��s assured, incisive trumpet, the sense of group coequality remains blissfully evident throughout this near-hour-long session.

The swinging “Doctor Stage" couldn��t be more infectious, Paul Booth��s effervescent tenor imaginings leaping off one of Quigley��s memorable,

Freddie Hubbard

trumpet
1938 - 2008

" data-original-title="" title="">Freddie Hubbard-style unison riffs ahead of the trumpeter��s own, soaring improvisations. Slowly shifting “Fire Eyes" shimmers broadly to Steve Hamilton��s piano and Clarence Penn��s soft-malleted percussion��a towering landscape of romantic horn textures embellished by distant, stadium-fanfare trumpet.

Characterized by Janisch��s simple, leaping figures and Clarence Penn��s softly pulsing rhythms, the lazy heat of “Green Light" spotlights Hamilton��s eloquent piano, punctuated by gentle trumpet and sax phrasing; and an underlying poignancy in ��Hymn To Their Homeland�� is affirmed by the creative openness of its solo bass introduction and the elegant mystery of Paul Booth��s low, swooning flute��an episode which is both affecting and majestic.

The deep groove of title track “What Doesn��t Kill You" offers still greater freedom as Quigley��s blistering, stratospheric technique combines with Penn��s tumultuous drumming; and supported by Michael Janisch��s agile bass resonances, while Hamilton��s Fender Rhodes extemporisations are especially sweet. “Say What You See" possesses that contemporary jazz- fusion edge, its rattling propulsion encouraging fiery soloing amidst the brightest ensemble colors (Penn matching both Quigley and Booth for voltaic energy); and the wide swing of “The Long Journey Home" pulls out all the stops��a full-on vibe with the melodic framework to prompt powerful, often raucous individual expressions.

This release��bookended by lyrical, echoic solo trumpet��finds Ryan Quigley delighting in the opportunity of working with good friends who share his innate desire for musical integrity, and whom he also counts amongst his musical heroes: ��My hope is that this recording captures something of that ambition, and that listeners can feel its warmth, depth of feeling�� and friendship.��

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