Thirty-year-old tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger's debut on Criss Cross in a pianoless context with trumpeter Jason Palmer and bassist Kim Cass, who record here with the brilliant drummer Dan Weiss for the first time on this occasion. The hour-long program consists of nine Preminger originals. Each evokes a different mood and ambiance with strong melodies and percolating grooves that provoke unfailingly cohesive, thematic improvisations by Preminger and Palmer. Genuinity is consistently compelling, and repays repeated hearings.
PERSONNEL:NOAH PREMINGER, tenor sax
JASON PALMER, trumpet
KIM CASS, bass
DAN WEISS, drums
New York, September 15, 2017
TRACKS:01. Halfway to Hartford
02. The Genuine One
03. Mad Town
04. Ts and Her Spirit
05. Ah
06. My Blues for You
07. Nashua
08. Walking on Eggshells
09. Acknowledgement