Trombonist Steve Turre to Drop New Album “Colors for the Masters”

Trombonist Steve Turre Features Modern Jazz Luminaries
on Colors for the Masters – Available August 26
on Smoke Sessions Records

Release Performances September 9 – 11
at Smoke Jazz & Supper Club

Trombonist and composer Steve Turre shows off his full spectrum of sounds on his latest album, Colors for the Masters. The album’s ten songs, evenly split between jazz standards and original tunes that carry the torch for the tradition, offer a dazzling array of hues played in tribute to and alongside some of the elders that have inspired Turre. The leader’s own trombone virtuosity is only one color in a palette that also includes a variety of mutes and his wholly original conch shell artistry.

Colors for the Masters, due out August 26 on Smoke Sessions Records, teams Turre with a rhythm section of legendary elders, each of whom shaped the trombonist’s distinctive voice: pianist Kenny Barron, bassist Ron Carter and drummer Jimmy Cobb. On four tunes the band is joined by saxophonist Javon Jackson, like Turre an alumni of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers; and for the album’s final tune, a stirring rendition of Jobim’s “Corcovado” on which Turre shows off his innovative shell playing, virtuoso percussionist Cyro Baptista also joins in. Together, they pay electrifying homage to other, departed luminaries like John Coltrane, J.J. Johnson, and Thelonious Monk.

“These are masters that I’ve always wanted to play with,” Turre explains. While he has shared the stage with each of them over the years in various bands and all-star configurations, he says, “I’ve never had them play my music to hear what their mastery would bring to it. I wanted to hear how their interpretations would open up new avenues of expression to me.”

“Colors of the Masters” was recorded live in New York at Sear Sound’s Studio A
on a Neve 8038 custom console at 96KHz/24bit and mixed to ½” analog tape
using a Studer mastering deck. Available in audiophile HD format.

Steve Turre · Colors for the Masters
Smoke Sessions Records · Release Date: August 26, 2016

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