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“With Love, From New York” is the new album from saxophonist Adam Larson. Marking Larson’s eighth release as a leader, With Love, From New York is most notably the last installment in his series of trio albums recorded in 2021 and 2022, each featuring rhythm section mates who hail from cities important to his musical development: Chicago, his current home of Kansas City, and his former home of New York City.
The album is the third and final installment in the trilogy of trio albums that feature a trio of mine from Chicago, KC and NYC. This album “With Love, From New York”, features bassist Matt Clohesy and drummer Obed Calvaire and was recorded this past June in Brooklyn, NY. The album includes 7 original compositions of mine that span the gamut from rock to trap-beat and straight-ahead swinging!
It serves as a punctuation mark on his flurry of recent activity, with first-call New York musicians Obed Calvaire and Matt Clohesy assisting with effortless elan on drums and bass.
“We played a few gigs together as a unit while I was in New York, and the way that their particular playing styles complimented one another was something that stuck with me,” Larson explains about his bandmates on the album. “Obed’s sound is very flexible and made it easy to tackle the many different ways that the record unwinds, compositionally. Through dozens of gigs with Matt with my projects at 55 Bar, he became my number one call for electric bass. I knew I wanted the best of both worlds on this final installment, and his electric playing on these tunes really does the vibe justice.”
Distinctly, Larson’s With Love, From Chicago calls upon his early musical markings. Though he was raised two hours outside of Chicago, Larson unveiled his love for the Windy City only after leaving it for New York. The lively melodies and bright-tempoed vibrance that make up Larson’s Chicago installment are, therefore, an exploration of his early development as an artist. Returning with a reflection on his New York chapter, Larson continues with a similarly-charged yet stylistically distinct output on With Love, From New York.
Playing in an improvisational setting void of chords can be a double-edged sword for musicians. Without the additional harmonic context, a soloist may have more freedom to explore a wider range of melodic options; it can also, inevitably, create more textural accountability with certain musical choices; content which might otherwise be contributed by guitar, keys, or vibraphone.
“Larson sounds both lighter than air and burning with energy on this brief album, clearly channeling the spirit of his ancestors and bringing it to life in the twenty-first century,” (Michael Toland, The Big Takeover)
“…an extremely satisfying saxophone-bass-drums trio (“With Love, From Chicago”)…one of those albums that should stay in one’s rotation” (Anthony Dean-Harris, Downbeat Magazine)
“The vitality of the city, one of jazz’s preeminent hubs, comes through vividly in the ten performances, each one characterized by freshness and spontaneity.” (Ron Schepper, Textura)
Adam Larson, tenor saxophone
Matt Clohesy, bass
Obed Calvaire, drums
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