Alto Saxophonist/Composer JIM SNIDERO Brings Deep Reflection and Restrained Maturity to WAVES OF CALM (Savant Records)

Album Represents A Son’s reflection on His Father’s Ongoing Struggle
with Parkinson’s Disease

The Stellar Quintet features Jeremy Pelt (trumpet), Orrin Evans (piano/Fender Rhodes), Nat Reeves (double bass) & Jonathan Barber (drums)

RELEASE DATE: MARCH 8TH, 2019

If you trace the path of alto saxophonist Jim Snidero’s varied output for Savant, you’ll note transitions with regard to instrumentation and personnel: from organ combo to quartets with guitar or piano, to the animated quintet music of MD66 and Jubilation! Celebrating Cannonball Adderley (the latter co-led with trumpeter Jeremy Pelt). With Waves of Calm, due out March, the veteran altoist enters a mellower, more contemplative zone. But the title seems to suggest that Waves of Calm might coexist with other states of mind, perhaps less than calm. And that is true: Snidero intends this album in part as a son’s reflection on his father’s struggle with Parkinson’s Disease.

At the core of Waves of Calm is Snidero’s alto, evolving over nearly 40 years on record, taking a more restrained, mature and economical turn in keeping with the album’s reflective theme: “I find myself editing more and more. I’ve been playing saxophone for a long time, so I could easily play a lot more notes. But I’ve always been so attracted to Miles, and as I get older that way of playing a ballad, where you’re just looking for the right note at the right moment, searching for that one perfect thing — it’s all you need. It’s difficult to accomplish, but it’s so gratifying, the way it sounds, the way it hovers. The more notes you play, the farther away you are from that.”

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