''Suite!'' is a double album by jazz pianist

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released on the JMood label in 2019, featuring performances by Magris with his group from

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Reception

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review by Dan McClenaghan awarded the album 4½ stars and states: “The quick opinion on Suite!: the most successfully ambitious recording in Magris' discography, his magnum opus. Many double albums showcase the artist reaching a pinnacle of expression. For Roberto Magris, Suite! does just that, as the pianist / bandleader takes a step in the direction of social consciousness and spirituality with a killer band.” The

review by Edward Blanco awarded the album 4½ stars and states: “Suite! is much more than an excellent jazz recording, it's a collection of wonderful music helpful in conveying and spreading a little peace, love and happiness, needed now, more than ever. Where and when have we heard this before?” The

review by Karl Ackermann awarded the album 4 stars and states: “Suite! is Magris' best work to date and should appeal to a wide jazz audience.” The

review by Jack Bowers awarded the album 4 stars and states: “Magris follows his own star and keeps the focus on expertise and variety, pressing his purpose with flair and leaving any verdict, pro or con, in the capable hands of his audience.” The

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review by Brian Morton awarded the album 4 stars and states: "He’s absolutely fluent in the blues-based American tradition, but his playing and his structural ideas bespeak a European sensibility. The two are never in contention but seem to co-exist warmly and always creatively." The Chicago Jazz Magazine review by Hrayr Attarian states: “Suite! is, perhaps, Magris’ magnum opus. It is certainly his most mature as it demonstrates his brilliant pianism and his astute leadership. Here, Magris has enhanced his signature superb musicianship with a much-needed social consciousness as well as an uplifting spirituality.”

Track listing

;CD 1 #

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) - 8:19 # Sunset Breeze (

) - 10:36 # A Message for a World to Come (Roberto Magris) - 16:30 # Too Young to Go Steady (

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) - 7:42 # Suite! (Roberto Magris) - 8:09 # Circles of Existence (Roberto Magris) - 10:56 ; CD 2 # (End) of a Summertime (

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) - 3:03 # Perfect Peace (Aubree Collins/Roberto Magris) - 7:10 # (You're My Everything) Yes I Am! (Roberto Magris) - 4:29 # Love Creation (Roberto Magris) - 2:03 # One with the Sun (

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) - 5:35 # Never Let Me Go (Livingston/Evans) - 5:20 # Chicago Nights (Roberto Magris) - 6:42 # The Island of Nowhere (Aubree Collins/Roberto Magris) - 7:05 #

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) - 4:15 # Audio Notebook - 4:05

Personnel

Musicians

*Eric Jacobson –

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 standar ...

*Mark Colby –

tenor sax The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

–

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

and

Fender Rhodes The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, th ...

*Eric Hochberg –

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*Greg Artry –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

*PJ Aubree Collins –

voice The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound production ...

Production

* Paul Collins –

executive producer Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights ...

and producer * Vijay Tellis-Nayak –

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

* Abe Golstien –

design A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product, or process. The verb ''to design'' ...

* Bohuse Hacova and Paul Collins –

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References

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