While
compiling the recordings of the music of Bob Zieff covered above,
producer Jordi Pujol discussed the music with Spanish drummer
ENRIQUE HEREDIA. As a result of their exchange, Heredia gathered
tenor saxophonist/clarinetist Fredrik Carlquist, pianist Michele Faber
and bassist Curro Gálvez to join him to record
Enrique Heredia Quartet Plays the Music of Bob Zeiff
(Swing Alley -027). These interpretations of the nine compositions
recorded by groups led by Chet Baker and Anthony Ortega, are fresh and
give Zieff’s music a new airing that is well deserved.
The players are terrific. Heredia gives the group a strong
underpinning. Carlquist sparkles on both tenor and clarinet. Faber is a
thoughtful player, and Gálvez is steady as a rock. This is a fine
complement to the compilation of original recordings of
Zieff’s jazz compositions. (www.freshsoundrecords.com)