{"id":15991,"date":"2023-11-09T09:47:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T15:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=15991"},"modified":"2024-02-23T14:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T20:42:48","slug":"dave-bayles-trio-reveals-fruits-of-a-long-residency-at-the-uptowner-bar-on-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevernacular.com\/?p=15991","title":{"rendered":"Dave Bayles Trio reveals fruits of a long residency at the Uptowner Bar on new album"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I am re-posting this review because at the time posted it received very minimal traffic for problematic reasons. So the album is still available<\/p>\n

The Dave Bayles Trio will have a CD release party at The Uptowner Bar, 1032 E. Center St, from 7-11 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This album is the fortuitous result of superb veteran musicians working together as a trio almost weekly for two years at the Uptowner Bar in Riverwest. You hear a superb sense of musical dialogue among the three players, though naturally the star is trumpeter Russ Johnson, along with bassist Clay Schaub and drummer-bandleader Dave Bayles. The recording underscores my feelings that Johnson is arguably the most resourceful and supple horn virtuoso in Wisconsin (He also leads a quartet on an excellent new recording,\u00a0Reveal<\/em>, on the same label).<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no loss in the comparative spareness of instrumentation. Schaub\u2019s opener, \u201cFitzroy,\u201d quickly engages with a lyrical, playful melody, an almost samba-like groove with Bayles riding the tricky tempo perfectly. Johnson\u2019s trumpet sings and floats, frolicking like a bird in a warm, spiraling breeze. After a melodic bass solo, Bayles delivers a dancing Billy Higgins-like solo. \u201cThird Birthday (this many)\u201d is an affable Ornette Coleman-ish melody. Johnson is a joy to follow through the trickier changes over Bayles\u2019s marvelously sensitive accompaniment.<\/p>\n

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The Dave Bayles Trio (L-R) — Clay Schaub, bass, Dave Bayles, drums; Russ Johnson, trumpet — perform at the Uptowner Bar. Photo by Kevin Lynch<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cSundogs\u201d sounds like a slow waltz, another well-crafted melody with a deliberate walking bass vamp and more lyrical utterances from Johnson. By contrast, \u201cThe Illusionist\u2019s Sister\u201d is up-tempo with Johnson delivering swift but lucid ideas and a bravura closing restatement of the theme. Thelonious Monk\u2019s \u201cShuffle Boil\u201d is a quirky, staccato theme that fits this band\u2019s aesthetics like a glove. And \u201cComanche\u201d reveals Schaub\u2019s imaginative composing. A languid, forlorn mood seems to evoke a Native American brave, alone out on a scouting mission, but half lost in his thoughts. Finally, \u201cWaking Hour\u201d captures the sunrise of consciousness from slumber, the pre-caffeine aura, the finally getting-to-it.<\/p>\n

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Stream or download\u00a0Live at the Uptowner<\/em>\u00a0on Amazon here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This review was originally published in The Shepherd Express<\/em>, here:<\/strong> Live at the Uptowner by Dave Bayles Trio – Shepherd Express<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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