{"id":15213,"date":"2022-11-20T14:52:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T20:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=15213"},"modified":"2022-11-20T15:05:28","modified_gmt":"2022-11-20T21:05:28","slug":"dennis-mitcheltree-a-long-lost-milwaukee-jazz-saxophonist-returns-home-with-a-golden-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=15213","title":{"rendered":"Dennis Mitcheltree: A long-lost Milwaukee jazz saxophonist returns home with a “Golden” new album"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ALBUM REVIEW: Dennis Mitcheltree – Golden Rule (Dengor)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Add Los Angleian Dennis Mitcheltree to an impressive list of intelligently creative Wisconsin jazz musicians with strong roots, or still residing here. His prime collaborator of 25 years, Madison-based piano virtuoso Johannes Wallmann, dazzles throughout with power, deftness, and artful ingenuity. Mitcheltree\u2019s sixth album Golden Rule<\/em>, is titled not for Jesus Christ\u2019s famous dictum, but philosopher Immanuel Kant\u2019s version, extolling equitable human relations, which he called \u201cthe categorical imperative.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0That\u2019s not to suggest the saxophonist-composer\u2019s music is didactic or stern, only to underscore depth of thought behind it. As his quartet recently demonstrated at Riverwest\u2019s Bar Centro, his music delights and amuses while keeping the mind fueled and geared up.<\/p>\n

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Saxophonist Dennis Mitcheltree recently led a quartet in a live date at Bar Centro, not unlike this live date from Europe. Photo Courtesy Jazz in Europe<\/em><\/p>\n

On \u201cGenghis Kant\u201d Mitcheltree\u2019s hard swing heartily honors the great philosopher\u2019s fearless blend of empiricism and transcendentalism. The musician\u2019s penchant for heady wordplay translates into a musical wit by turns pithy and intricate. Try on \u201cPacifisticuffs,\u201d for example. \u201cBling Tone,\u201d is a ring-a-ding echo of an early Miles Davis trademark, \u201cIf I Were a Bell,\u201d (slyly implied in the title). \u201cGingerfoot\u201d is a sharp, snappy theme with slightly Monkish angularity.<\/p>\n

Mitcheltree\u2019s tenor sax tone is warm, rounded and Sonny Rollins-like, but adorning a slightly trickier mind.<\/p>\n

We need music like this, as diverting philosophical salve in dire times.<\/p>\n

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This review was originally published in The Shepherd Express<\/em>, here:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Golden Rule by Dennis Mitcheltree – Shepherd Express<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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