''Men of Honor'' is an album by trumpeter

Jeremy Pelt Jeremy Pelt (born November 4, 1976, in California) is an American jazz trumpeter. Career Pelt studied classical trumpet as a child and focused on jazz after playing in a high school jazz ensemble. He studied at Berklee College of Music. Among th ...

which was recorded in 2009 and released on the

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label the following year.Jeremy Pelt Discography
accessed December 13, 2018

Reception

In his review on

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, arwulf arwulf states "''Men of Honor'' consists of a set of eight original compositions that brings to mind the coolly creative, mainstream, pre-electric works of

Lee Morgan Edward Lee Morgan (July 10, 1938 – February 19, 1972) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. One of the key hard bop musicians of the 1960s, Morgan came to prominence in his late teens, recording on John Coltrane's '' Blue Train'' (1 ...

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. It is a deliberately drawn salute to certain musical traditions established in the late '50s and early '60s which have endured and been extended by young artists enraptured by the harmonic poetics of early modern jazz ... This thoughtful, well-crafted music is recommended for relaxation on a foggy day, or intuitive navigation after dark". On

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, Joel Roberts noted "Heralded for years as one of the "rising stars" in jazz, Pelt has earned accolades for his staggering virtuosity ... While he's clearly the man in charge here, ''Men of Honor'' is very much a band-focused release, with all five members of the group contributing compositions (Pelt penned four of the tunes) and all five voices heard distinctively and insistently throughout ... At 33, Pelt is just starting to come into his own. ''Men of Honor'' is his most mature, satisfying release to date".Roberts, J
All About Jazz Review
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Track listing

All compositions by Jeremy Pelt except where noted # "Backroad" (Dwayne Burno) – 6:46 # "Milo Hayward" – 4:51 # "Brooklyn Bound" (J. D. Allen) – 5:40 # "Danny Mack" – 6:56 # "From a Life of the Same Name" (Gerald Cleaver) – 7:15 # "Illusion" – 5:04 # "Us/Them" – 5:19 # "Without You" (Danny Grissett) – 4:02

Personnel

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trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

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Danny Grissett Danny Grissett (born 1975) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist, and composer. Early life Grissett was born in Los Angeles in 1975. He first played the piano at the age of five, taking classical music lessons. He graduated with a B.A. in M ...

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Dwayne Burno Dwayne Allen Burno (June 10, 1970 – December 28, 2013) was an American jazz bassist born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who became a first-call musician on the New York City jazz scene.Tamarkin, Jeff. "Bassist Dwayne Burno Dies at 43." ''JazzTim ...

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References

{{Authority control Jeremy Pelt albums 2010 albums HighNote Records albums Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio