YAZZ Band: New Normal

Greg Yasinitsky wrote and arranged all the music here, as well as plays every type of sax along with his rotating 10 piece band of hard swingers. The Tunes are all upbeat and muscular, with everyone getting a chance in the spotlight. The leader's tenor teams with Vern Sielert's trumpet on the pumping opener "GP" while a more romantic "Song For Laura" includes Teo Ciaverella's rich piano. David Jarvis supplies the backbeat for the bopping "Blues For Brecker" David Snider lays down a hip bass line on "Blues For A King". Horace Alexander Young's alto sears through a bouncy "Diva" with Yasintisky getting an aria on the nourish "Synergetic" before the team boogies out on "Hangtown Fry". Comfort food on a blues plate.