When Ameen lets rip, as he does in charged, kaleidoscopic bursts throughout, he unleashes a veritable deluge of Afro-Cuban, jazz and post-bop rhythms.
In the spirit of New York's loft scene of the '70s, master drummer Robby Ameen searched out performance alternatives when faced with the Covid shutdown. Tribeca's decades-old Philip Williams Poster shop offered space for Ameen to video teach, rehearse, and eventually present a weekly series in its expansive storefront, replete with the world's largest collection of vintage posters to warm the sounds. With his longtime band of Bob Franceschini, Conrad Herwig, Troy Roberts, Edsel Gomez, and Lincoln Goines in tow, Ameen created an intimate neighborhood salon, overflowing with fiery original Afro-Cuban music with deep strains of contemporary hard bop and funk. Live at the Poster Museum was recorded and filmed during the last of the series' concerts, the musicians, volunteers, and audience all deeply owning the significant collective experience they created.
Track Listing:
1 Fast Eye 9:43
2 Una Muy Anita 11:29
3 2's & 3's 9:12
4 Oleo 8:49
5 Mixology 6:23
6 Lucia's Wawa 9:11
7 Swiftboating 5:18
All songs by Robby Ameen, ASCAP, except:
(4) by Sonny Rollins, arr. by Robby Ameen
Performers:
Bob Franceschini - tenor & soprano saxophones
Conrad Herwig - trombone
Troy Roberts - tenor saxophone
Edsel Gomez - Fender Rhodes
Lincoln Goines - acoustic bass
Robby Ameen - drums
Production Info:
Produced by Robby Ameen
Recorded live by David Fields
at Phillip Williams Posters NYC on February 1, 2024
Mixed by Dave Kowalski, Hackensack, NJ
Mastered by Steve Fallone at Sterling Sound, NYC
Video and Musician photos by Nelson Hume
Cover photos by John Bishop
Cover design & layout by John Bishop
Reviews of Live at the Poster Museum
All About Jazz (Paul Rauch)
There are pluses and minuses to all recordings, the attributes stacking up like cordwood due to the virtuosity of the musicians, the compositional value of the tunes and the basic, primary aim of the leader. In this case, the leader, virtuoso drummer Robby Ameen, blurs the line between Afro-Caribbean rhythms and swinging post bop jazz. His music me ...
DownBeat (SRIRAM GOPAL)
4-STARS Like many musicians, Robby Ameen had to get creative to manifest performance opportunities during the pandemic. A vintage poster store in Manhattan offered Ameen space to conduct online lessons and present a weekly concert, the last of which was recorded to produce Live At The Poster Museum (Origin). Ameen is at the forefront of Afro-Cuban ...
