AprilCadence2013

JIMMY MULIDORE
JAZZ FOR THE AGES
(NO LABEL)
GIANT STEPS/ MULDOON'S
JOURNEY/ FOR MOODY'S
SAKE/ SATELLITE/ NIGALIAN/
A LOVE SUPREME/ IT'S YOU
OR NO ONE/ MULDOON'S
MOOD/ WILLOW WEEP FOR
ME/ INTERSTATE 15/ A TIME
FOR LOVE/ DOXIE (sic)/
FREEDOM JAZZ DANCE/
ROWENA/ COUNTDOWN.
78:36.
Collective Personnel: Jimmy
Mulidore, comp, cl, ts, as, fl, b
cl, ss; Dave Ring, Ron Feuer,
Mike Montano, or Tomoko
Ono, p; Billy Tragesser, kybd,
vcl, comp; Santo Savino, Mark
Barrett, or Dennis Mcquell,
d; Arnold Jacks, Frank Fabio,
Kevin Axt, Kenny Seiffert,
John Lee, or Bob Magnusson,
b; Jimmy Bruno, g; Azziz or
Carlos Vasquez, perc; Randy
Brecker, tpt; Richie Cole, as;
Eric Alexander, ts. No dates
given, Rosarito, Mexico; Las
Vegas, NV; San Diego, CA;
Rising Sun, IN.
prominent member
A of the Las Vegas
music scene, composer
and woodwind specialist
Jimmy Mulidore plays
flute, clarinet, bass clarinet,
and three of his saxes
(soprano, alto, tenor)
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on an extended program that includes four of his own
tunes and a like number by John Coltrane.
The remainder consists mostly of jazz or popular
standards. He appears in several ensembles recorded in
various locations. The Coltrane charts plus "It'sYou Or No
One" were recorded by a quartet in Mexico. Most of the
other sessions, usually featuring a sextet, took place in
Las Vegas or California, three of them live.
The majority of the players are based in Vegas or
California and they are all accomplished performers.
Perhaps the quartet's rhythm section of pianist Dave
Ring, bassist Arnold Jacks, and drummer Santo Savino
faced the greatest challenge, as Mulidore takes each of
their difficult tunes at a breakneck tempo. Using clarinet
on all of them, he displays a prodigious technique with
his cohorts supporting him impressively.
On the other up-tunes and medium ones, Mulidore
swings mightily in a comfortable boppish mode, usually
employing one of his saxophones. Even so, his attractive
flute work on his own ballad "Muldoon's Mood" stands
out as a highlight of the album. Randy Brecker and
Richie Cole come in for "A Love Supreme" (the one
Coltrane tune not performed by the quartet), with
Cole also appearing on Sonny Rollins' "Doxy." Brecker's
trumpet engages Mulidore's bass clarinet in fascinating
call and response on the former while Cole and the
leader trade buoyant bebop alto choruses on the latter.
In his one appearance, tenorist Eric Alexander lights up
Eddie Harris's "Freedom Jazz Dance" with a passionate,
brilliantly constructed solo. In her own single
opportunity, the pure-voiced Anita Lea presents an
emotion-laden reading of "A Time for Love." Keyboardist
Billy Tragesser uses his instrument to good advantage in
the sextet to mimic other relevant instrumental sounds
from organ to full ensemble. He also contributed the
bright contemporary tune "Interstate 15."
Some mistakes in the CD credits need to be addressed.
Coltrane is credited with composing Jule Styne's "It's
You Or No One" and Mulidore himself is listed as having
written Ann Ronell's "Willow Weep For Me." "Doxy" is
spelled incorrectly and "Countdown" is listed as having
been recorded both in Mexico and in Las Vegas (it's
obvious from its instrumentation that the former is
correct). David Franklin