''Keep Searchin' '' is an album by trombonist
Steve Turre
Stephen Johnson Turre (born September 12, 1948, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American jazz trombonist and a pioneer of using Conch (instrument), seashells as instruments, a composer, arranger, and educator at the collegiate-conservatory level. For ...
recorded in 2006 and released on the
HighNote label.
Reception
On
All About Jazz
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, Dan McCleneghan observed "On ''Keep Searchin' '' Turre pays tribute to his own musical/life philosophy on a set of forward-looking original (mostly) compositions, performed with a group of stellar musicians ... Turre mixes up the sound with different mutes throughout, and adds, again, the hollow, peacefully haunting timbre of the conch shell on the closing title track. An excellent set by an ever-searching artist".
[McCleneghan, D]
All About Jazz Review
accessed January 23, 2019
In
JazzTimes
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Coverage
After a decade ...
, David Whiteis stated "Turre and his bandmates take us on a journey that’s spiritually uplifting, to be sure, but also hard-swinging and, for the most part, ebulliently down-to-earth and joyful".
[Whiteis, D]
JazzTimes Review
accessed January 23, 2019
Track listing
All compositions by Steve Turre except where noted
# "Sanyas" – 9:13
# "Faded Beauty" – 6:25
# "Thandiwa" (
Grachan Moncur III
Grachan Moncur III (June 3, 1937 – June 3, 2022) was an American jazz trombonist. He was the son of jazz bassist Grachan Moncur II and the nephew of jazz saxophonist Al Cooper.
Biography
Born in New York City, United States, (his paternal gra ...
) – 5:43
# "Reconcillation" – 6:50
# "Time Off" – 4:02
# "
My Funny Valentine
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" (
Richard Rodgers
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,
Lorenz Hart
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) – 5:40
# "Easy Now" – 7:45
# "Steppin' Out" – 4:53
# "Da Blues" – 5:44
# "Keep Searchin'" – 7:11
Personnel
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Steve Turre
Stephen Johnson Turre (born September 12, 1948, in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American jazz trombonist and a pioneer of using Conch (instrument), seashells as instruments, a composer, arranger, and educator at the collegiate-conservatory level. For ...
–
trombone
The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...
, Conch (instrument), shells
*Stefon Harris - vibraphone
*Akua Dixon – baritone violin (tracks 1, 2 & 4)
*Xavier Davis – piano
*Gerald L. Cannon, Gerald Cannon (tracks 5-9), Peter Washington (tracks 1-4 & 10) - double bass, bass
*Dion Parson – drum kit, drums
References
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Steve Turre albums
2006 albums
HighNote Records albums
Albums recorded at Van Gelder Studio