{"product_id":"0345345-gently","title":"Gently","description":"Following a Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble with the Stereo and Multichannel DSD recording of \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHomage to Count Basie \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e(also available from NativeDSD in Stereo and 5 Channel Surround Sound DSD), Jazz Saxophonist, Arranger, Composer \u0026amp; Big Band Leader \u003cstrong\u003eBob Mintzer\u003c\/strong\u003e lays down a totally new attitude for his big band comprised of New York’s finest musicians.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGently\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis yet another big band project that will turn some heads with a sound and approach that is virtually nonexistent today in the jazz world. \u003cem\u003eGently\u003c\/em\u003e addresses the quieter side of big band music. Granted to find the words \"quiet\" and \"big band\" in the same sentence is unheard of. But the softer, more textured \"cool burn\" concept in this music proves otherwise. Clarinets and flutes have replaced saxophones on several of the tunes, while the brass make use of mutes on most of the songs.\r\n\r\n\u003cem\u003eTom Jung has been after me to do a soft and more textural big band recording for many years. After working with Tom for 18 years I finally figured out what he was getting at.\u003c\/em\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cem\u003eI'm a bit of a slow learner at times. I think also I've reached a point in my life where I can appreciate the subtly factor in music and in life, where -I would just as soon be gently caressed rather than smacked with a large stick.\u003c\/em\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cem\u003eGently is exactly what the title suggests: a gentle approach to the big band instrumentation, using clarinets and flutes in place of saxophones, muted brass, the addition of french horns on two numbers, and writing for the band in a range and style which projects a soothing, warm sound.\u003c\/em\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cem\u003eThis is not to say that there isn't intensity in the music. What I've discovered is that when music is played softly it sounds more intense and projects with a greater clarity and energy. 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