New Release: The New Jersey Sessions from Jeremy Monteiro

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New Release:  The New Jersey Sessions from Jeremy Monteiro
Label: Jazznote Records
Release Date:  May 31, 2024
Website:  jeremymonteiro.com

Pianist, composer and leader Jeremy Monteiro celebrates his 48th CD, The New Jersey Sessions, accompanied by tenor saxophonist Sean Hong Wei and featuring saxophonist Houston Person, bassist Jay Anderson, drummer Evan Sherman, and Alex Sipiagin on trumpet.  There is a big band feel to the arrangements, made by a handful of musicians on deck.  The posh ambience that Monteiro creates with the keys in tracks like "A Weaver of Dreams" and "Dewey Square" enshrouds the listener in waves of elegance.  The swinging rhythm bodes nicely with the refined extemporizing from the saxophone, giving these numbers a lively vibe.  Slow simmering tunes like "I Want To Talk About You" and "Life Goes On" pave the way for stirring dialogues performed by the saxophone.  

The graceful phrasing of Wei's sax enlivens the warm ambience of "Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You" and turns to a swinging samba stride along "Out Of Nowhere."  Dubbed “The King of Swing” in his native Singapore, Jeremy Monteiro is a purveyor of jazz from western swing to Latin rhythms, and from big band to torchlight. He is the founder and executive director of the Jazz Association in Singapore, an organization dedicated to jazz education and promoting Singapore jazz globally through scholarships and other support activities. Out of the halls of the Jazz Association came saxophonist Sean Hong Wei, whose contributes to the recording are prominent.  Monteiro and Wei's focus on traditional jazz and improvisation promises to rekindle the authenticity that made jazz artists of the past shine in the public square.

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