Description
Tracklist:
1: Salt And Light
2: Woman Clothed In The Sun
3: Lower Broadway Rundown
4: Growth
5: Pedal Taverns
6: For The Vulnerable
7: Naked Statues
8: Blues For Duffy And Doug
01) Salt and Light * (6:05)
02) Woman Clothed in the Sun * (4:43)
03) Lower Broadway Rundown * (7:25)
04) Growth ^ (7:21)
05) Pedal Taverns * (7:07)
06) For the Vulnerable ^ (7:05)
07) Naked Statues ^ (7:16)
08) Blues for Duffy and Doug ^ (5:57)
Personnel:
Don Aliquo – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet *^
Rod McGaha – trumpet *
Jonathan Wires – bass *
Marcus Finnie – drum set *
Steve Kovalcheck – guitar ^
Jacob Jezioro – upright bass ^
Danny Gottlieb – drum set ^
RECORDING INFO:
Recorded July 26 and July 28, 2022 @ The Studio Nashville, Nashville Tennessee
Brook Sutton – engineer and mixing engineer
John Hill – mastering engineer
All tunes composed by Don Aliquo (Alaco Music / BMI)
Don Aliquo exclusively plays Vandoren products and Selmer saxophones
ALBUM NOTES:
Growth is a work the reflects the city of Nashvilles rise and the expansion of the jazz scene of the past two decades since my arrival. It also documents my personal and musical growth and reflects my time spent living and performing in the Nashville area. I also wanted to write and perform some pieces that have a more open harmonic & rhythmic context that would stretch me as an improviser.
Growth refers to:
My personal and musical growth since my arrival over 20 years ago.
The growth of Nashville as a major city.
The expansion of the Nashville jazz scene.
The tunes:
Salt and Light are images used by Jesus in the sermon on the mount and conveys a desire to make the world a better place by showing unconditional love through good work.
Woman Clothed in the Sun is about someone who is special in my life that is the embodiment of the concept of Salt and Light.
Lower Broadway Rundown depicts the hustle that is the tourist destination know as Lower Broadway and references the great Sonny Rollins work: East Broadway Rundown.
Growth already explained!
Pedal Taverns portrays the general absurdity of the burgeoning tourist business downtown.
For the Vulnerable voices the many problems that face all major cities today and articulates the increase in homelessness and suffering as the gap widens between those who have and those who dont.
Naked Statues expresses the division between those who view the statue Musica (at the roundabout near Division Street and 16th Avenue North) as art and those whose more fundamentalist views see them as obscenity. More broadly, it is also a statement about the multitude of issues that seemingly divide all of us.
Blues For Duffy and Doug is a tribute to two great musicians the Nashville music scene lost during the madness of the past few years: drummer Duffy Jackson and saxophonist Doug Moffet. Both musicians cast a long shadow on the scene and are sorely missed.
