Cold Spring Jazz Quartet is delighted to announce the release of their second CD, Urban Pastoral.
For over a decade CSJQ has appeared regularly in nightclubs, restaurants and concert venues in the Baltimore-Washington area, winning a broad and loyal following. The new disc is sure to enhance the group’s reputation as one of the region’s most popular and respected jazz groups.
The title reflects the group’s versatility and range of influences. The selections on Urban Pastoral showcase their contemporary polish while also paying tribute to their deep roots in bebop and blues.
The “city” side opens with Peggy Lee’s “I Love Being Here with You,” and features Mark Osteen’s insouciant vocal. The next five tracks offer a variety of urban sounds, from Latin jazz (in CSJQ bassist Gary Kerner’s smooth samba, “Highpockets,” as well as in a smoking rendition of Jobim’s “Favela” ) to bop (Monk’s “Hackensack,” Horace Silver’s “Tippin’”) to the risque city blues of “Doodlin,’” which again spotlights Osteen’s sassy singing.
The “country” side presents a set of sharp original compositions—including Brian Smith’s “Perception,” Osteen’s haunting ballad “Fallow,” and multi-rhythmic “Black Olive,” along with Smith’s driving “The Big ‘C’”—that are punctuated by two standards: a snappy take on “Is You Is” and a concluding, lyrical duo version of “You Don’t Know What Love Is.”
Urban Pastoral: it’s current. It’s classic. Above all, it’s cool.
For over a decade CSJQ has appeared regularly in nightclubs, restaurants and concert venues in the Baltimore-Washington area, winning a broad and loyal following. The new disc is sure to enhance the group’s reputation as one of the region’s most popular and respected jazz groups.
The title reflects the group’s versatility and range of influences. The selections on Urban Pastoral showcase their contemporary polish while also paying tribute to their deep roots in bebop and blues.
The “city” side opens with Peggy Lee’s “I Love Being Here with You,” and features Mark Osteen’s insouciant vocal. The next five tracks offer a variety of urban sounds, from Latin jazz (in CSJQ bassist Gary Kerner’s smooth samba, “Highpockets,” as well as in a smoking rendition of Jobim’s “Favela” ) to bop (Monk’s “Hackensack,” Horace Silver’s “Tippin’”) to the risque city blues of “Doodlin,’” which again spotlights Osteen’s sassy singing.
The “country” side presents a set of sharp original compositions—including Brian Smith’s “Perception,” Osteen’s haunting ballad “Fallow,” and multi-rhythmic “Black Olive,” along with Smith’s driving “The Big ‘C’”—that are punctuated by two standards: a snappy take on “Is You Is” and a concluding, lyrical duo version of “You Don’t Know What Love Is.”
Urban Pastoral: it’s current. It’s classic. Above all, it’s cool.
For more information contact All About Jazz.
