(Contemporary Jazz) Anthony Ortega Trio - Scattered Clouds - 2001, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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REM GENRE Jazz
REM DATE 2001
REM DISCID 7C0E4809
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TITLE "Scattered Clouds"
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This is Ortega's second release on the Hat label (the first being a 1992 reissue of New Dance, recorded in 1966-67). More conservative than much of the product on the label, the instant recording features the saxophonist leading a pared down trio performing mostly standards with pianist Mike Wofford and drummer Joe LaBarbera. Ortega has a sort of split personality, one that feels as comfortable with bop and hard bop as it does with free-style improvisation. His takes of "Body and Soul," "Alone Together," "What's New," and others reveal a player with a deep sense of the jazz tradition, but one who is not shackled to the past.
Ortega's fluid lines stretch the melodies slightly and make them his own without distorting their underlying essence. Wofford and LaBarbera keep things in line, but the string bass-less trio provides enough harmonic freedom to permit the saxophonist to wander adventurously over the backing. A technically superior performer, Ortega deserves wider exposure than he has received, and this album may help him to gain the accolades he deserves. ~

Ortega whispers and croons. He soars and shouts. He may have the most varied, the most comprehensive sound of any modern alto player. Large portions of this disc make it a surprise coming from Hat Hut Records, a label which has produced a large amount of outstanding music, much (if not most) of which eschews conventional harmonic formulations and structures. But of course, so does Ortega: he manages through some musical alchemy to set aside and transcend traditional harmonies while in the very act of affirming them. Listen, for example, to "Body and Soul." It is taken slowly and sparingly, with an almost halting gait; yet an end-of-phrase filigree become the basis for the next phrase, and soon we're in territory untrodden by Hawk or Trane or, indeed, anyone.
Ortega does that sort of thing all through this disc. Close listening reveals a man who simply sees more possibilities in the harmonies than most players do, and who is able to use multiphonics to heighten his emotional effect without disrupting the musical material at hand. Close listening reveals a master at work.

Joe LaBarbera - drums
Mike Wofford - piano
Anthony Ortega - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone on 6