Roy Nathanson - Subway Moon(2009)

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Tracklist:

1.Love Train
2.Subway Noah
3.Party
4.Alto Rain
5.Dear Brother
6.Orange Alert
7.Two Horn Rain
8.New Guy To Look At
9.Stand Clear
10.Safer End of Subway Moon

Personnel:
Roy Nathanson (vocals, saxophone);
Curtis Fowlkes (vocals, trombone);
Bill Ware (vocals, organ, vibraphone);
Tim Kiah (vocals, bass instrument);
Napoleon Maddox (vocals);
Sam Bardfeld (violin);
Sean Sondregger (flute, tenor saxophone);
Gabriel Nathanson (trumpet);
Marcus Rojas (tuba);
Hugo Dwyer (keyboard, sampler);
Brad Jones (bass instrument).

Subway Moon, alto saxist Roy Nathanson's ambitious new album of jazz and spoken word, defies easy categorization. It mixes an accessible brand of avant-garde jazz with R&B, hip hop, Jewish music and multi-vocal harmonies; poignant biographical revelations with humorous observations of urban life; high-art concept with a gritty New York street sensibility. This eclecticism should come as no surprise to those who've followed the co-founder of the playfully experimental Jazz Passengers through his collaborations with Elvis Costello and Deborah Harry and his forays into film, theater and poetry.