[TR24][OF] Ralph Alessi, Gary Versace, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits - Quiver - 2016 (Modern Creative)

Trumpeter Ralph Alessi’s ECM leader debut – 2013’s Baida – was the album where “everything came together for him,” according to Nate Chinen in a JazzTimes profile. “Without abandoning his yen for oppositional energies, it’s a beautifully coherent statement, not just his most accomplished album but a contender for one of the year’s best.” Baida indeed went on to become the most lauded release of Alessi’s career, with The New York Times praising the music for its balance of “elegant precision and power.” With Quiver, Alessi teams with pianist Gary Versace and the trumpeter’s longtime rhythm section of choice – bassist Drew Gress and drummer Nasheet Waits – to create a follow-up of quicksilver melodicism and subtly energized rhythm; there is a lyricism to Alessi’s playing that channels such forebears as Miles Davis and Kenny Wheeler, the mood reflective, even pensive. As DownBeat says, “Alessi works between the notes, his thoughtful, conversational solos as meditative as a calligrapher’s art, each line free-flowing and declarative but with immaculate shape and beauty.”

foobar2000 1.3.9 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2017-10-01 10:37:54
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Analyzed: Ralph Alessi, Gary Versace, Drew Gress, Nasheet Waits / Quiver
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DR         Peak         RMS     Duration Track
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DR15      -0.16 dB   -18.66 dB      2:56 01-Here Tomorrow
DR14      -2.39 dB   -23.47 dB      5:19 02-Window Goodbyes
DR14      -1.30 dB   -19.86 dB      6:56 03-Smooth Descent
DR14      -2.98 dB   -21.91 dB      6:47 04-Heist
DR15      -0.20 dB   -19.99 dB      9:49 05-Gone Today, Here Tomorrow
DR13      -2.70 dB   -20.40 dB      6:15 06-I To I
DR14      -0.20 dB   -18.35 dB      5:17 07-Scratch
DR15      -0.16 dB   -20.49 dB      7:05 08-Shush
DR15      -0.33 dB   -19.69 dB      4:15 09-Quiver
DR13      -0.20 dB   -15.79 dB      1:47 10-Do Over
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Number of tracks:  10
Official DR value: DR14
Samplerate:        96000 Hz
Channels:          2
Bits per sample:   24
Bitrate:           2893 kbps
Codec:             FLAC
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