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TOMMY IGOE AND<br />
THE BIRDLAND BIG<br />
BAND<br />
ELEVEN<br />
DEEP RHYTHM MUSIC<br />
(NO NUMBER)<br />
NEW GROUND/ MOANIN'/<br />
COMMON GROUND/<br />
ARMANDO'S RHUMBA/ GOT<br />
A MATCH?/ SPHERICAL/<br />
UNCLE BOB/ ON FIRE/<br />
BUTTERFLY/ OPEN<br />
INVITATION/ ALMA LLANERA.<br />
78:16<br />
Tommy Igoe, d, perc; Chris<br />
Jaudes, Nick Marchione,<br />
John Walsh, Glenn Drewes,<br />
tpt; Isrea Butler, Andy Hunter,<br />
Jeff Nelson, tbn; saxes and<br />
flutes: Nathan Childers, ss,<br />
as; Matt Hong, as; Dan Willis,<br />
Rob Middleton, ts; Barbara<br />
Cifelli,bari s; Tom Kennedy,<br />
b, e b; Kenny Ascher, p; Rob<br />
Paparozzi, hca2; Hector<br />
Martignon, p8; Rolando<br />
morales-Matos, perc,<br />
vib1,6,8,9,11. No date listed,<br />
New York, New York.<br />
New Issues<br />
169 | CadenCe Magazine | april May June 2013<br />
D rummer Tommy Igoe exaggerated only slightly<br />
when he said of his big band that "we play loud<br />
and fast." Indeed, most of the tracks are "take no prisoners"<br />
swingers. Several of them are invigorated by Latin<br />
rhythms and percussion, the hard-swinging opener<br />
"New Ground" featuring an assortment of Caribbean<br />
beats as well as the energizing contributions of guest<br />
percussionist Rolando Morales-Matos. Chick Corea's<br />
"Armando's Rhumba," Paquito D'Rivera's arrangement<br />
of "Alma Llanera," and Michel Camilo's "On Fire," for<br />
which pianist Hector Martignon is added, reinforce<br />
the Latin connection . But more than half the charts<br />
embody the best of pure, straight-ahead, big band<br />
jazz. One such example is "Moanin'," where harmonica<br />
player Rob Paparozzi wails some soulful harmonica,<br />
and another is the barn-burning "Got A Match" that<br />
validates Igoe's "loud and fast" comment. In contrast to<br />
all that up-tempo excitement, though, the slow-moving<br />
"Common Ground" projects a stately, reverential quality<br />
and Michael Brecker's funky "Spherical" lopes along at a<br />
jaunty medium pace. The ensemble, which boasts some<br />
of New York's best players, executes brilliantly. That and<br />
the sparkling, up-front drumming of the leader assure<br />
that they'll swing vigorously. Happily, the soloists maintain<br />
that high quality level. Tenorists Dan Willis and Rob<br />
Middleton, altoists Nathan Childers and Matt Hong,<br />
bassist Tom Kennedy, pianist Kenny Ascher, and trumpeter<br />
Drewes play often and well, the breakneck "chase"<br />
between Childers and Hong on "Got A Match" being a<br />
highlight of the album.<br />
David Franklin
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