''Convergence'' is an album by
Warren Wolf. Featured musicians include guitarist
John Scofield
John Scofield (born December 26, 1951), sometimes referred to as "Sco", is an American guitarist and composer whose music over a long career has blended jazz, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul and rock. He first came to mainstream attention in the ...
, pianist
Brad Mehldau
Bradford Alexander Mehldau (; born August 23, 1970) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
Mehldau studied music at The New School, and toured and recorded while still a student. He was a member of saxophonist Joshua Redman's Quar ...
, bassist
Christian McBride
Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972) is an American jazz bassist, composer and arranger. He has appeared on more than 300 recordings as a sideman, and is an eight-time Grammy Award winner.
McBride has performed and recorded with a number of j ...
and drummer
Jeff “Tain” Watts
Jeff is a masculine name, often a short form (hypocorism) of the English given name Jefferson or Jeffrey, which comes from a medieval variant of Geoffrey.
Music
* DJ Jazzy Jeff, American DJ/turntablist record producer Jeffrey Allen Townes
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.
Music and release
The final track is played by Wolf alone.
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"Warren Wolf's 'Convergence': Converging on Excellence"
''The Huffington Post''. The others feature Wolf with various combinations of four other musicians.
The album was released by
Mack Avenue Records
Mack Avenue Records is an independent record label in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan.
Background
Mack Avenue was founded in 1999 by Gretchen Carhartt Valade, a jazz fan and Chairperson, chair of the American apparel company Carhartt. The company ...
on June 10, 2016; it was Wolf's third album for the label.
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Mack Avenue Records. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
Reception
The ''
Down Beat
' (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chi ...
'' reviewer commented that the contributions of Wolf's band were not always as strong as might be expected.
Track listing
#"Soul Sisters"
#"Four Stars from Heaven"
#"King of Two Fives"
#"New Beginning"
#"Cell Phone"
#"Montara"
#"Havoc"
#"Tergiversation"
#"Knocks Me off My Feet"
#"A Prayer for the Christian Man"
#"Stardust / The Minute Waltz"
Personnel
*
Warren Wolf – vibes, marimba, Fender Rhodes, piano
*
Christian McBride
Christian McBride (born May 31, 1972) is an American jazz bassist, composer and arranger. He has appeared on more than 300 recordings as a sideman, and is an eight-time Grammy Award winner.
McBride has performed and recorded with a number of j ...
– bass (tracks 1–3, 5–10)
*
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts (born January 20, 1960) is a jazz drummer who has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Betty Carter, Michael Brecker, Alice Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, and others.
Biography
Watts got the nickname "Tain" from Kenny ...
– drums (tracks 1, 2, 5–10)
*
Brad Mehldau
Bradford Alexander Mehldau (; born August 23, 1970) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.
Mehldau studied music at The New School, and toured and recorded while still a student. He was a member of saxophonist Joshua Redman's Quar ...
– piano (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7)
*
John Scofield
John Scofield (born December 26, 1951), sometimes referred to as "Sco", is an American guitarist and composer whose music over a long career has blended jazz, jazz fusion, funk, blues, soul and rock. He first came to mainstream attention in the ...
- guitar (tracks 1, 7)
References
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Mack Avenue Records albums
2016 albums