Each Step

Borton makes being a hip, swinging, soulful guitar player, relevant again.
Michael Dease

With a fat, warm tone threading through the jazz cymbal groove with poetic patience, guitarist Nathan Borton celebrates his Midwest musical inspirations - particularly Grant Green & Wes Montgomery - with blues-drenched lines & rhythms on this, his debut recording. Along with jazz masters Xavier Davis on piano, bassist Rodney Whitaker, drummer Keith Hall, and the front line of saxophonist Diego Rivera & bass trombonist Chris Glassman, we don't just hear a tribute to evergreen jazz guitar purism, but rather a complete, satisfying journey through the rich tradition of straight-ahead jazz. From the hard swinging "Milestones," or Tin Pan Alley classics such as "Just One of Those Things," through five originals from Borton and his mentor/producer Randy Napoleon, we discover a young talent with a deep wellspring of ideas and a penchant for surprising musical moments.

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Track Listing

1 Each Step 5:48 (Borton(
2 Just One of Those Things 5:34 (Cole Porter)
3 The More I See You 5:24 (H. Warren & M. Gordon)
4 Milestones 4:37 (Miles Davis)
5 What Now? 4:37 (Borton)
6 These Are the Things We Throw Away 5:10 (Randy Napoleon)
7 Change 6:56 (Borton)
8 Grantstand 3:51 (Grant Green)
9 Grant's Groove 4:22 (Borton)

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