Jeremy Pelt The Artist (HighNote)
Jeremy Pelt
Released March 8, 2019
Stereogum 10 Best Jazz Albums Of 2019
AllMusic Best Album 2019
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Composing music inspired by painting dates back as far as the 12th century (Hildegard of Bingen) and, in Jazz, Duke Ellington’s “Degas Suite” comes to mind along with Branford Marsalis’s “Romare Bearden Revealed.” But on his new album, Jeremy Pelt may be the first jazz artist to examine the relationship between music and sculpture. The five-movement “Rodin Suite” muses not only on works the French sculptor August Rodin left us, but how his art might have evolved if he were still with us today. Added to Victor Gould, Vicente Archer and a few other of his “regs,” Pelt has added the guitar of Alex Wintz, the vibes and marimba of Chien Chien Lu and the exotic percussion of Ismel Wignall for an ensemble sound capable of delicacy and color as well as full-on modern jazz shouts. A thoughtful and thought-provoking recording from, you guessed it, Jeremy Pelt, the artist.
Track Listing:
1. The Rodin Suite, Pt. 1: L’Appel aux armes (Jeremy Pelt) 06:53
2. The Rodin Suite, Pt. 2: Dignity and Despair (Burghers of Calais) (Jeremy Pelt) 01:59
3. The Rodin Suite, Pt. 3: I Sol Tace (Gates of Hell) (Jeremy Pelt) 05:59
4. The Rodin Suite, Pt. 4: Camille Claudel (L’Éternel printemps) (Jeremy Pelt) 02:33
5. The Rodin Suite, Pt. 5: Epilogue (Jeremy Pelt) 04:46
6. Ceramic (Jeremy Pelt) 03:41
7. Feito (Jeremy Pelt) 06:53
8. Watercolors (Jeremy Pelt) 05:57
9. As of Now (Jeremy Pelt) 06:53
Personnel:
Jeremy Pelt: trumpet
Victor Gould: piano, Fender Rhodes
Vicente Archer: bass
Allan Mednard: drums
Ismel Wignall: percussion
Alex Wintz: guitar
Chien Chien Lu: vibraphone, marimba
Frank LoCrasto: Fender Rhodes
Recorded September 13-14, 2018
Producer: Jeremy Pelt
Recorded and Mixed by Aaron Nevezie
Mastered by Jon Rosenberg
Review:
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt puts out an album every year, and it’s always at least worth hearing. This one is a genuine triumph. The first half of the disc is a five-part suite inspired by the sculptures of Auguste Rodin. The band features pianist Victor Gould, keyboardist Frank LoCrasto, Chien Chien Lu on vibraphone, Vicente Archer on bass, Allan Mednard on drums, and Ismel Wignall on percussion. That’s a group capable of doing everything from straightforward hard bop to abstract, time-warping soundscapes, and they do so on this album. The third segment of the suite, “I Sol Tace (Gates Of Hell),” is an example of the group at its most introspective and psychedelic. Pelt’s trumpet is warped by electronics, Lu’s vibes and Wignall’s percussion slap and rattle from the margins, and Archer and Mednard set up a booming groove as Gould and LoCrasto fill in the gaps. This is really beautiful, adventurous music that’s never hostile or overpowering.
Phil Freeman (Stereogum)
