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Jim McNeely
Group Therapy
Genres: Jazz, Pop

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. The Fruit
2. Cranky Takes a Holiday
3. Silent Night
4. Lost
5. Group Therapy
6. Village Blues
7. Body and Soul
8. A Perfect Six

CD Details

All Artists: Jim McNeely
Title: Group Therapy
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: OmniTone
Release Date: 2/13/2001
Genres: Jazz, Pop
Styles: Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Modern Postbebop, Swing Jazz, Bebop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 686281510126

Synopsis

Album Description

2002 Grammy Nominee for "Best Large Ensemble Jazz Album"! Much awaited debut of Grammy-nominated arranger, composer and pianist Jim McNeely?s "lean and mean" ten-piece band. Top-flight New York musicians from the Vanguard and Carnegie Hall orchestras and cutting edge movers and shakers from the "downtown" creative music scene convene for one helluva Group Therapy session that redefines the standard for larger ensemble writing. Includes five highly inventive originals plus phenomenal reworkings of the classic "Body and Soul" and Coltrane's "Village Blues" and a stunning reharmonization of "Silent Night." For new music lovers and big band fans!

CD Reviews

Can't stop listening

Kathy Watts | Patterson, NY USA | 02/16/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"can't stop listening to mcneely's music! this cd is so interesting - the performance is so perfect - the writing original. like a fine wine..."

A fun, quirky blend of small group and big band

James E. Pendergrass | Durham, NC United States | 05/14/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"To me, big bands almost always sound a bit stilted or overrehearsed in contrast to small groups, no matter how swinging they might be. Yet, the power of the big band sound still has its appeal to most of us jazz fanatics.Here, McNeely's ten-piece band gives us the best of both. It's a big band sound in which there's enough solo space and quirky arrangements to give the discerning listener feelings of a smaller, more intimate group.The highlights are a take of "Silent Night" that's so sly and smooth it'll sneak up on you, leaving you grinning, and a relaxing---but not boring---cover of the classic "Body and Soul."Even if you don't usually like larger groups, take a chance on this one."