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Bob Mintzer Big Band,  DMP, SACD-18,   CD-534 

Following a Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble in 2002 with Homage to Count Basie, Bob Mintzer lays down a totally new attitude for his big band comprised of New York’s finest musicians.

GENTLY, Bob Mintzer's 12th album on DMP over an 18 year period, is yet another big band project that will turn some heads with a sound and approach that is virtually non existent today in the jazz world. GENTLY addresses the quieter side of big band music. Granted to find the words "quiet" and "big band" in the same sentence is generally unheard of. But the softer, more textured "cool burn" concept in this music will prove otherwise. Clarinets and flutes have replaced saxophones on several of the tunes, while the brass make use of mutes on most of the songs.

Recorded in pure DSD (Direct Stream Digital) from the original session at Ambient Recording in Stamford CT.  The multichannel SACD places the listener in the venue where this great performance went down like no other big band recording.