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Jazz Passengers Stage Their 'Reunited' Album

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The Jazz Passengers wrapped up their first set at the Jazz Standard on Wednesday night with “Reunited," a No. 1 hit for Peaches & Herb in 1979. Some liberties were taken, of course. The song, in its original form, is a lush disco ballad, sticky-sweet enough to spread on a biscuit. Here it began music-box prickly, with plucked violin and mallet-dampened vibraphone. The saxophonist Roy Nathanson recited a few thoughts about the passage of time and then sidled into the first verse:

“The breakup we had/Left me lonely and sad," he spoke-sang, tweaking the lyrics just slightly. “I realize I love you and I want you back. Hey. Hey."

“Reunited" is the current anthem for the Jazz Passengers and the title of their first album in a dozen years, due out on Oct. 12. Its arrangement suggests a stagey rapprochement, with subsequent verses sung by the trombonist Curtis Fowlkes, the vibraphonist Bill Ware and the drummer E. J. Rodriguez: all charter members of the band. During the chorus—"Reunited, and it feels so good," etc.—they blended in ersatz barbershop harmony, joined by one more original member, the bassist Brad Jones. Pitching in nonvocally were the violinist Sam Bardfeld and the guitarist Ken Wessel.

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