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Eric Siereveld: Walk The Walk

By Jack Bowers
April 4, 2018
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The "organic" in trumpeter

Eric Siereveld

trumpet
b.1985

" data-original-title="" title="">Eric Siereveld's Organic Quintet doesn't mean the group has no artificial ingredients or synthetic preservatives; rather, it denotes the fact that the quintet's modus operandi rests in some measure on the well-defined tone colors produced by

Steve Snyder

organ, Hammond B3

" data-original-title="" title="">Steve Snyder's indispensable Hammon B3 organ. The word "indispensable" is used because it is Siereveld's purpose to keep one eye securely on the present while peering with the other toward the history-making tradition of jazz-organ groups led by such giants of the genre as

Jimmy Smith

organ, Hammond B3
1925 - 2005

" data-original-title="" title="">Jimmy Smith,

Mel Rhyne

b.1936

" data-original-title="" title="">Mel Rhyne,

Big John Patton

organ, Hammond B3
1935 - 2002

" data-original-title="" title="">Big John Patton

Jack McDuff

organ, Hammond B3
1926 - 2001

" data-original-title="" title="">Jack McDuff,

Don Patterson

organ, Hammond B3
1936 - 1988

" data-original-title="" title="">Don Patterson and, more recently,

Joey DeFrancesco

organ, Hammond B3
1971 - 2022

" data-original-title="" title="">Joey DeFrancesco.

As was the case then, so it is now, with bop and blues most often in the driver's seat as Siereveld gives them a new spin with "The Last Innovator," "Toughin' Up," "The Other Side of the Hudson," "Split-Finger" and "B-Town Bop" (a.k.a. "Out of Nowhere"). Siereveld and guitarist

Jonathan Kreisberg

guitar
b.1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Jonathan Kreisberg co-wrote "Walk the Walk," Kreisberg and Danish bassist

Morten Haxholm

bass

" data-original-title="" title="">Morten Haxholm "Occam's Razor." For a change of pace, the quintet rounds out the session with Rodgers and Hart's lovely ballad, "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered."

"Hudson," a slow-burning blues, summons to mind the sort of soul-drenched enterprises once championed by

Gene Ammons

saxophone, tenor
1925 - 1974

" data-original-title="" title="">Gene Ammons,

Sonny Stitt

saxophone
1924 - 1982

" data-original-title="" title="">Sonny Stitt,

Dexter Gordon

saxophone, tenor
1923 - 1990

" data-original-title="" title="">Dexter Gordon and their cousins, while "Toughin' Up" pursues a similar course but on steroids. On each,

Tony Barba

saxophone

" data-original-title="" title="">Tony Barba's assertive tenor saxophone sets the pace, closely followed by Siereveld, Snyder, guitarist Kreisberg and, for emphasis, drummer

Mitch Shiner

vibraphone

" data-original-title="" title="">Mitch Shiner. Kreisberg frames another handsome solo on the well-grooved "Walk the Walk," as do Siereveld and Barba. Siereveld, Kreisberg and Snyder display their formidable chops on "Occam's Razor," another fast-paced blues, while Aaron Gochberg's congas enhance the propulsive finale, "Split-Finger" (shades of

Lee Morgan

trumpet
1938 - 1972

" data-original-title="" title="">Lee Morgan).

For what it is, the album is exceptionally well-planned and superbly played by all hands. For those who can't get enough of blues and bop, a lavish treasure chest.

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Track Listing

The Last Innovator; Toughin' Up; Walk The Walk; Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered; Occam's Razor; B-Town Bop; The Other Side (of the Hudson); Split-Finger.

Personnel

Eric Sierveld

Eric Siereveld: trumpet, flugelhorn; Tony Barba: tenor saxophone; Jonathan Kresisberg: guitar; Mitch Shiner: drums; Aaron Gochberg: Conga (Track 8).

Album information

Title: Walk The Walk | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Shifting Paradigm Records

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