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On Coltrane amp Roots
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Shot on November 22, 2009 at Boutique De Son in Montreal, On Coltrane Roots is the fourth in a suite of short films about jazz. Featuring Al McLean on saxophone, Kevin Dean on trumpet, Morgan Moore on bass and Hans Verhoeven on drums. • • In this sequence, McLean and Dean reflect on the roots of their respective styles. McLean illuminating his unique approach to the oft-tread paths blazed by John Coltrane, and Dean discussing the contemporary nature of traditional jazz. • • Both musicians are playing vintage instruments that are not their usual horns; Dean a 1937 Art Deco H.N. White King trumpet, and McLean the intriguing 1917 Conn tenor sax portrayed in the short film, The Man in the Photo . • • The film's director Randy Cole asked Dean and McLean to play a variety of vintage horns during this session, which took the musicians slightly out of their comfort zone, resulting in an unpredictable and fresh performance. • • Cole has a longstanding fascination with Jazz, both as a language, and as a living contemporary art form, albeit changed from the heady days of its inception. Jazz musicians are storytellers principally, Cole says, the richness of communication between themselves, and with an astute audience is remarkable. A true unspoken language. • • Musicians were recorded by prolific Montreal recording engineer and impresario George Doxas, horn mics used were an RCA 77D ribbon, and Neumann U67 tube microphone. • • Al McLean can be heard regularly in Montreal's Jazz venues, and is a sought after saxophone repair man. Read more about Al McLean here: • http://www.almclean.com/about.html • • Kevin Dean is professor, and a founding faculty member of the Jazz program at McGill University's Schulich School of Music (http://www.mcgill.ca/music/). • • More on Kevin Dean: • http://kevindeanmusic.com/ • http://people.mcgill.ca/kevin.dean/
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