{"id":1570,"date":"2015-10-21T16:53:59","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T20:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2015-10-21T16:53:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-21T20:53:59","slug":"nelson-brill-reviews-the-ai-jazz-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nordost.com\/blog\/nelson-brill-reviews-the-ai-jazz-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelson Brill reviews the AI Jazz Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\" style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #585858;\">\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #373737; text-align: justify;\">Real music lovers can find the melody in everything. From the park to the concert hall, our friend Nelson Brill is always on the hunt for great sound.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"color: #373737; text-align: justify;\">In this article, Nelson\u00a0describes the two most recent performances of the AI Jazz Orchestra at the Lilypad in Cambridge, MA and the David Friend Recital Hall at Berklee College of Music.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #585858;\"><\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\" style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #585858;\">CONCERT GLYMPSE: AYN INSERTO JAZZ ORCHESTRA- BIG BAND FROLIC<\/h1>\n<p>By Nelson Brill<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\" style=\"color: #a6a6a6;\"><span class=\"posted-on\"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2015-09-19T13:30:20+00:00\">SEPTEMBER 19, 2015<\/time><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\" style=\"color: #a6a6a6;\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"thumb-post\" style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #585858;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/images1.jpeg\" alt=\"cnmpro.com\" width=\"194\" height=\"259\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"clearfix entry-content\" style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #585858;\">\n<p>Big band jazz is alive and well in Boston. One of its leading creative forces is Ayn Inserto and her Jazz Orchestra (\u201cAI Jazz Orchestra\u201d) who performed two shows before\u00a0capacity audiences in the intimate confines of the Lilypad in Cambridge, MA. (<a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lilypadinman.com\/\">www.lilypadinman.com<\/a>)\u00a0in June and at the David Friend Recital Hall at Berklee College of Music (\u201cBerklee\u201d-<a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.berklee.edu\/\">www.berklee.edu<\/a>) on September 14, 2015. Inserto, Associate Professor of Jazz Composition at Berklee, is a composer and bandleader who clearly relishes working with the rhythmic freedom and expansive instrumental textures and colors that come with composing for a large ensemble. Her compositions embody an intense electricity. Music flows in unpredictable dynamic ways where seesawing instrumental lines and colors weave, mesh and interlock, supported by surging grooves and leaping whimsical rhythms.\u00a0In live performance, her compositions are intricate sound puzzles that are unlocked and mined for their virtuosity (and structural beauty) by the superb musicians of her Jazz Orchestra, many of whom also serve on the faculty of Berklee. The AI Jazz Orchestra can deliver Inserto\u2019s huge crescendos with glee (and volcanic power) or, (in a blink of an eye), can send one of her unpredictable melodic lines soaring on the soft caress of a brush stroke or a trombone\u2019s plunge.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/images-21.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1609\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/images-21-300x93.jpeg\" alt=\"kindofpinkandpurple.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The AI Jazz Orchestra\u2019s recent performances at the Lilypad and at Berklee were studded with great solo and collective moments- delighting at every twist and turn. One of my favorite Inserto compositions is \u201cSnow Place Like Home\u201d and this piece opened the Berklee recital with cavorting swagger. Inserto talks about being inspired by the 80\u2019s pop she grew up with, and \u201cSnow\u201d captures some of this driving, restless feel. Here is a pell-mell rhythmic feast, with staccato stops and starts and big brass blasts in unpredictable moments. All of this cavorting action showcased the percussive humming engine of drummer Austin McMahon, who impresses with his porous light touch that fills every rhythmic nook and cranny. \u201cSnow\u201d also highlighted the swashbuckling sax work by Allan Chase and Mark Zaleski who challenged each other with a steeplechase frolic up and down their instruments\u2019 registers, fierce and flowing.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/maxresdefault.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1601\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/maxresdefault-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"youtube.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The piece ended in a whoosh of furious brass explosions with lead trumpeter Jeff Claassen (also a composer of intrigue) swashbuckling up high with his other partners. It all sounded like a powerful, unpredictable rainstorm where each droplet of sound hits the ground in irregular patterns, drenching the listener in combinations of fresh sounds and a wash of restless instrumental colors.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-2.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1598\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-2-300x168.jpeg\" alt=\"Bob Brookmeyer-Youtube\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another highlight from the Inserto treasure chest is her original composition entitled \u201cZe Teach and Me,\u201d Inserto\u2019s tribute to her mentor, the great trombonist and composer Bob Brookmeyer (who taught at The New England Conservatory before his death in 2011). Inserto presented this piece at both the Lillypad and the Berklee recitals and its two-movement construction is a thing of beauty. The first movement is filled with soaring optimism in the rising holds of trumpets and trombones, with a softly penetrating solo from trombonist Randy Pingrey. The second movement is completely different: a whirligig of frenetic cross currents of sounds and colors across the big ensemble\u2019s sprawling palette.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-5.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1611\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-5.jpeg\" alt=\"Sean Jones-pressroom.trustarts.org\" width=\"274\" height=\"184\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the Berklee show, this second section of \u201cZe Teach and Me\u201d was highlighted by two trumpeters: guest trumpeter Sean Jones (Chair of the Berklee Brass Department in possession of the most majestic, light and articulate tone on his trumpet you can imagine) and Dan Rosenthal, a trumpeter sporting his own brand of mercurial fierceness on his instrument. These two trumpeters engaged in a funky and galloping duet, trading licks and sassy, high holds. The superb rhythm section of Jason Yeager on piano, Sean Farias on bass, Eric Hofbauer on guitar and Austin McMahon on drums kept the (always shifting and creative Brookmeyer-inspired) grooves and foundation in focus until Inserto brought up both her hands to gesture a final cloud burst of brass and woodwind thunder. After this sudden eruption, a quick dash of piano notes and soft drum roll and the piece was over- another surprising twist in this flight of fancy from Inserto, inspired by her mentor, Bob Brookmeyer.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1597\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-3.jpeg\" alt=\"Unknown-3\" width=\"237\" height=\"213\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A 2008 recording of Inserto with her AI Jazz Orchestra,\u00a0<em>Muse\u00a0<\/em>[Creative Nation Music], offers a great slice of the magic of this group in live performance and features many of the musicians heard strutting forth in glory at the recent Lilypad and Berklee recitals. Although the quality of the recording sometimes compresses the full body of instruments, (such as the piano and some of the most volcanic surges of the orchestra), it still captures nicely the sprawling sounds of this ensemble with good layering and an up-front presence. McMahon\u2019s light drumming is delivered beautifully through out (listen to his cymbal\/snare prancing on \u201cEshel Sketch\u201d or \u201cDear John\u201d) and the recording delivers the propulsive soprano and tenor sax playing of Boston\u2019s stellar saxophonist, George Garzone, a special guest on this outing.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-4.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1596\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-4.jpeg\" alt=\"George Garzone-beehiveboston.com\" width=\"185\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Muse\u00a0<\/em>delivers a raucous version of \u201cSnow Place Like Home\u201d (with a blazing solo by Garzone, this time tangling with Alan Chase in muscular duet). Inserto also displays her contemplative side on\u00a0<em>Muse<\/em>, highlighted by her glowing tribute to another unflinching explorer: composer and saxophonist Steve Lacy, (who also made Boston his home for many years before his death). She calls her tribute \u201cLaced With Love\u201d and at the AI Jazz Orchestra\u2019s Berklee recital, this piece featured Sean Jones soloing with a velvet touch to his highest trumpet notes- at one point squeezing up top for the barest nub of sound (in soft pierces) on his eloquent trumpet. On\u00a0<em>Muse<\/em>, \u201cLaced With Love\u201d is equally transfixing with solo work by Garzone on his soprano sax.\u00a0<em>Muse\u00a0<\/em>concludes with \u201cSimple\u201d, a swinging feast of big band full throttle that buoyantly strides out the door with Garzone joyously leading the way.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-11.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1599\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-11.jpeg\" alt=\"Bob Brookmeyer-artsfuse.org\" width=\"267\" height=\"189\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For further explorations into the musical genius of Inserto\u2019s mentor, the mold-breaking composer Brookmeyer, grab a copy of\u00a0<em>OverTime \u2013 The Music of Bob Brookmeyer\u00a0<\/em>[Planet Arts] performed by The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra (\u201cVJO\u201d).<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/61zqdo9JaAL._SX355_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1615\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/61zqdo9JaAL._SX355_-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"61zqdo9JaAL._SX355_\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is an audiophile quality recording of a big band with all of its glorious dynamics and energy fully recreated, on a layered and deep soundstage with great image dimensionality. The VJO was first established by Thad Jones and Mel Lewis (<a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vanguardjazzorchestra.com\/\">www.vanguardjazzorchestra.com<\/a>) and became the vehicle for many of Brookmeyer\u2019s later compositional experiments and performances.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-7.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1619\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-7.jpeg\" alt=\"VJO-uniontheater.wisc.edu\" width=\"277\" height=\"182\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The musicianship displayed by the current members of the VJO is extraordinary on this recording and the music they perform is challenging, prickly and not for the faint of heart. It swerves from the carnival atmosphere of Brookmeyer\u2019s \u201cBig Time\u201d (with pianist Jim\u00a0McNeely sparkling next to flights of scurrying saxophones and horns) to \u201cAt The Corner of Ralph and Gary.\u201d This latter tune highlights Brookmeyer\u2019s great talent for writing Big Swing with many a challenging twist and turn (including a baritone sax solo by Gary Smulyan in which he cavorts with tenor saxophonist Ralph Lalama in a swirling, off-kilter maze of sounds and metric changes).<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-6.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1617\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-6-300x125.jpeg\" alt=\"Gary Smulyan-music.colostate.edu\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So does \u201cSuite For Three\u201d (written for three members of the VJO) in which Brookmeyer explores the rich vocabulary of Dick Oatts on alto saxophone, Scott Wendholt on fugelhorn and Rich Perry on tenor saxophone. In these three separate movements, \u00a0Brookmeyer ingeniously weaves instrumental\u00a0voices both penetrating and softly melodic (Wendholt), with soulful, full-throttle big band locomotion (Oatts and Perry). Brookmeyer\u2019s music, like his prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Inserto\u2019s, is knotty and elegant, soulful and twitchy. It\u2019s a sprawling challenge for the ears worth taking, and in the hands of the VJO, it sounds quite splendid indeed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/vjo_large_collage__large.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1621\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/vjo_large_collage__large-300x200.png\" alt=\"VJO-Jazzafterhlours.net\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next up for Big Jazz Band Reviews: the beautiful world of Maria Schneider and the next installment of Ryan Truesdell\u2019s Gil Evans Project.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"color: #1fa0ae;\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-8.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1623\" src=\"http:\/\/bostonconcertreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Unknown-8.jpeg\" alt=\"Unknown-8\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr style=\"color: #333333;\" \/>\n<p class=\"p4\" style=\"color: #333333;\">If you would like to read more reviews like this one, visit Nelson\u2019s blog at\u00a0<a style=\"color: #d52323;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonconcertreviews.com\/\">www.bostonconcertreviews.com<\/a><span class=\"s2\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Real music lovers can find the melody in everything. 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