The very best thing about the smalls-LIVE series is how these recordings recreate the visceral experience of Smalls, the hang itself. Engineer (and celebrated jazz photographer) Jimmy Katz comes up close on every instrument - appropriate for a club with 60 seats - but also lets in the applause, the tinkling glasses, the night air. One caveat: The fades of applause and announcements are unfortunate production decisions. They interfere with the fantasy that you are there.
PERSONNEL:
ALEX SIPIAGIN - Trumpet
SEAMUS BLAKE - Tenor
DAVID KIKOSKI - Piano
BORIS KOZLOV - Bass
NATE SMITH - Drums
Recorded June 25 & 26, 2012, live at SMALLS JAZZ CLUB, Greewich Village, New York.
TRACKS:
01. Live Score (Sipiagin) 13:58
02. Videlles (Sipiagin) 15:06
03. Calming (Sipiagin) 10:54
04. Pass (Sipiagin) 19:40
05. Returning (Sipiagin) 13:55