Sure

SSC1543 2019-03-29

Track List

Bark - 4:46
Chacarera - 4:49
Galahad - 4:47
Coming on the Hudson - 3:28
Three - 8:00
Isfahan - 4:49
Nez - 3:50
The Chant - 6:27

Musicians

Logan Strosahl - tenor sax, alto sax, flute
Henry Fraser - bass
Allan Mednard - drums

Saxophonist and composer Logan Strosahl has increasingly been involved in the myriad worlds of formal composition. His study of pre-1700’s and contemporary composition has led his music far from his musical roots in jazz music. That isn’t to say that jazz had been usurped; on the contrary, Strosahl’s new recording, Sure, by his new ensemble, Spec Ops, is a vital reflection of his continued engagement with the tradition and future of that music. // Having grown up as somewhat of a saxophone prodigy in the Pacific Northwest, Strosahl has a deep connection to jazz and feels that no matter how far his musical interests have ranged, jazz will always be “home”. He doesn’t view jazz as a dogmatic music, though…to him as to many others, it has always been the music of improvisation, interaction, energy, intellect, and the blues; an omnivorous music at once “high” and “low,” in-your-gut and in-your-head. These ideas ground the music of Spec Ops