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    ▀▀▓▓█▌                Jon Irabagon - The Observer                 ░
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      ▀▀▄▓▒▓   Artist .....: Jon Irabagon                           ▓▒▓
        ▐█▓▓   Title ......: The Observer                           ▓▓█
        ▀██▓   Year .......: 2009                                   ▓██
         ██▓   Genre ......: Jazz                                   ▓██
         ███   Label ......: Concord Jazz                           ▓██
         ███   Source .....: CD                                     ▓█▓
         ███   Bitrate ....: 189 kbps avg                           ██▓
         ███   khz ........: 44.1                                   █▓▓
         ███   Mode .......: Joint Stereo                           ██▓
         ██▓   Encoder ....: LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new               ██▓
         ██▓   Reldate ....: 2010-02-16                             ▓██
         ██▓   Storedate ..: 2009-00-00                             ▓██
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  ███▌  Tracklist ▀                                          ███
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  ███   1.  January Dream                               6:17 ███
  ███   2.  Joy's Secret                                6:56 ███
  ███   3.  The Infant's Song                           6:53 ███
  ███   4.  Cup Bearers                                 6:09 ███
  ███   5.  The Observer                                7:45 ███
  ███   6.  Acceptance                                  5:20 ███
  ███   7.  Makai & Tacoma                              4:55 ███
  ███   8.  Big Jim's Twins                             6:36 ███
  ███   9.  Barfly                                      5:01 ███
  ███   10. Closing Arguments                           5:52 ███
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                ██▓   Best known as the volatile saxophonist in bassist    ▓██
                ██▓   Moppa Elliott's self proclaimed terrorist be-bop     ▓██
                ██▓   band Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Jon         ▓██
                ██▓   Irabagon has only just begun his career as a solo    ▓██
                ██▓   artist. His bristling duet with drummer Mike Pride,  ▓██
                ██▓   I Don't Hear Nothin' But The Blues (Loyal Label,     ▓██
                ██▓   2009) was preceded by Outright! (Innova, 2008), the  ▓██
                ██▓   self-titled debut of his own vivaciously eclectic    ▓██
                ██▓   quartet.                                             ▓██
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                ██▓   The Observer is Irabagon's first release for         ▓██
                ██▓   Concord Records, which awarded him a recording       ▓██
                ██▓   contract after he won last year's Thelonious Monk    ▓██
                ██▓   International Jazz Saxophone Competition. On this    ▓██
                ██▓   surprisingly straight-ahead session (expertly        ▓██
                ██▓   recorded by Rudy Van Gelder), Irabagon is supported  ▓██
                ██▓   by a trio of longstanding veterans; pianist Kenny    ▓██
                ██▓   Barron, bassist Rufus Reid, and drummer Victor       ▓██
                ██▓   LewisùStan Getz's touring rhythm section of the      ▓██
                ██▓   1980s. Years of shared experience elevates Barron,   ▓██
                ██▓   Reid, and Lewis' congenial interplay beyond mere     ▓██
                ██▓   professionalism, lending this date a timeless        ▓██
                ██▓   appeal.                                              ▓██
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                ██▓   Seven of the ten selections are originals,           ▓██
                ██▓   demonstrating Irabagon's flair for composing         ▓██
                ██▓   accessible jazz tunes that fit comfortably in the    ▓██
                ██▓   mainstream tradition. A dynamic soloist, Irabagon    ▓██
                ██▓   plays alto for most of the date, his tortuous        ▓██
                ██▓   cadences recalling Charlie Parker's blistering       ▓██
                ██▓   dexterity, Wayne Shorter's cerebral precision, and   ▓██
                ██▓   Cannonball Adderley's soulful poise. Showing great   ▓██
                ██▓   reserve, he reins in his more vociferous             ▓██
                ██▓   tendencies, using subtle expressionistic accents     ▓██
                ██▓   (altissimo, chromatics, multiphonics) sparingly.     ▓██
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                ██▓   The heavily syncopated "January Dream" opens the     ▓██
                ██▓   set with lush harmonies from Barron and stalwart     ▓██
                ██▓   support from Reid and Lewis. Tom McIntosh's "Cup     ▓██
                ██▓   Bearers" is a brisk bop number, while the sultry     ▓██
                ██▓   title track is a lilting mid-tempo swinger           ▓██
                ██▓   featuring Irabagon's effusive tenor. Infused with    ▓██
                ██▓   simmering post-bop energy, "Joy's Secret" reveals a  ▓██
                ██▓   subtle complexity, underpinned by Lewis' Latin       ▓██
                ██▓   accents and Barron's prismatic flourishes,           ▓██
                ██▓   spotlighting a mellifluous trumpet solo from guest   ▓██
                ██▓   artist Nicholas Payton, who also contributes pithy   ▓██
                ██▓   salvos to the scorching hard bop burner "Big Jim's   ▓██
                ██▓   Twins."                                              ▓██
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                ██▓   Alternating vibrant up-tempo tunes with more         ▓██
                ██▓   introspective fare, Irabagon unveils a rarely heard  ▓██
                ██▓   sensitive side. His velvety tone is highlighted on   ▓██
                ██▓   Gigi Gryce's melancholy "Infant Song," while his     ▓██
                ██▓   lyrical phrasing dominates "Acceptance," the breezy  ▓██
                ██▓   bossa nova "Makai and Tacoma" and the earthy         ▓██
                ██▓   "Closing Arguments." His intimate duet with guest    ▓██
                ██▓   pianist Bertha Hope on her late husband Elmo Hope's  ▓██
                ██▓   somber ballad "Barfly" reveals depths of emotional   ▓██
                ██▓   maturity.                                            ▓██
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                ██▓   A solid and eminently likeable mainstream affair,    ▓██
                ██▓   The Observer scarcely hints at Irabagon's            ▓██
                ██▓   avant-garde credentials, focusing instead on his     ▓██
                ██▓   tastefully virtuosic capabilities as a               ▓██
                ██▓   straight-ahead stylistùyet another facet of his      ▓██
                ██▓   wide-ranging artistry.                               ▓██
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