Heliconia, by Jack DeSalvo

Heliconia

by Jack DeSalvo

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1.	All Blues 08:08	info	buy track
2.	Beautiful Love 10:48	info	buy track
3.	Bemsha Swing 06:31	info	buy track
4.	Fall 05:13	info	buy track
5.	Blues for Alice 06:58	info	buy track
6.	Smile 08:51	info	buy track
7.	Blue Monk 06:35	info	buy track
8.	How Insensitive 08:55	info	buy track
9.	I Remember You 04:40	info	buy track
10.	The Days of Wine and Roses 06:20	info	buy track

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When Jack DeSalvo had an opportunity to reinvestigate the standards repertoire, he called upon two associates with whom he had performed with as the trio D3. This unit has become legendary for their instantaneous compositions. DeSalvo felt that the nearly telepathic communication that he shared with Tony DeCicco and Bruce Ditmas would bring a deeper reflection on repertoire that they learned in their formative periods.

What they play here not only reflects the standard repertoire but also classics composed by some of the veritable architects of improvised music from the middle of the last century. It is seen from the parallax view of improvisors who aim for the multidimensionality of the musical moment whether they are traversing pre-composed material or not.

Drummer Bruce Ditmas suggested Charlie Chaplin’s Smile before a performance, with its juxtaposition of sincerity and irony that is as appropriate in the midst of current global financial meltdown as it was in the period of the Great Depression for which it was written.

Heliconia Rostrata is a Forest Flower, by the way.

UR producer/engineer and Beanstudio owner/operator Jim DeSalvo put together and recorded this session and is responsible for its remarkable sound.

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released March 27, 2019

JACK DeSALVO
guitar
TONY DeCICCO
double-bass
BRUCE DITMAS
drums

Recorded April, 2009 at Jam Studio, West Paterson, NJ
Engineereded by Jim DeSalvo & John Andolino
Mixed and mastered by Jim DeSalvo at Beanstudio, Wayne, NJ
Design by Qua’s Eye Graphix
Produced by Jim DeSalvo

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JACK DeSALVO, hailed in THE WIRE magazine as “masterful”, played with Ronald Shannon Jackson, D3, numerous jazz greats and as leader of his own groups. "When you listen to Jack DeSalvo, it’s immediately apparent that he has an enormous musical vocabulary... But when you hear DeSalvo improvise on classical guitar, you’re hearing music of that precise moment..." – Mitch Goldman, WKCR ... more

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