Jumping Off the Page explained

Jumping Off the Page
Type:studio
Artist:Rob Brown
Cover:Jumping_off_the_page_cover.jpeg
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Released:2000
Studio:Strobe-Light Sound, New York City
Genre:Jazz
Length:54:58
Label:No More
Producer:Alan Schneider
Chronology:Rob Brown
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Prev Year:2000
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Next Year:2002

Jumping Off the Page is an album by American jazz saxophonist Rob Brown released in 2000 on No More, a label founded by producer Alan Schneider. It features a quartet with trumpeter Roy Campbell, bassist Chris Lightcap and drummer Jackson Krall.

Reception

In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek states: "There are places, such as on 'Like a Top' and 'Step With Care,' where his own development in the Ornette Coleman school of melodic free improvisation shines forth as it leads the quartet into places it could never have expected to go."The JazzTimes review by Bill Shoemaker notes that "Brown and Campbell are particularly intriguing front-line partners, as they both have an undertone of testimony in every note they play."[1]

Track listing

All compositions by Rob Brown

  1. "Twinkle" – 8:12
  2. "Flat Out" – 5:47
  3. "Elbow Figure" – 7:39
  4. "Sonic Drawl" – 8;33
  5. "Like a Top" – 7;29
  6. "Charcoal Glow" – 3:27
  7. "Step with Care" – 7:07
  8. "Open Channel" – 6:44

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Shoemaker, Bill. Jumping Off the Pages review at JazzTimes.