The CO-OP - The CO-OP

 

Never-before-released 2007 jazz album on 180-gram vinyl

"(The Co-op) has some simmering, darker moments and more that are lustrous and beautiful. ... The music goes from cerebral and gorgeous MJQ-like on side two's opener "Katrina" wherein Mr. Wolf plays Milt Jackson to Mr. Hodge's Connie Kay to raucous Bitches Brew-like on "Jakes Dilemma" and real brass band playful on Mr. Gordon's closer "Okay!," which is. ... recording engineer Steven Mandel somehow makes ProTools sound like tape. This is among the most three-dimensional, warm and transparent digital recordings I've ever heard." — Music = 9/11; Sound = 10/11 - Michael Fremer, AnalogPlanet.com. To read Fremer's full review, click here.

The first long player from the Brown Brothers, newly pressed on 180-gram vinyl. In 2007 the Brown Brothers, a loose association of New York City area musicians and cultural mavens, wanted to "cross-pollinate" jazz and pop musicians, so they called upon trombonist and band leader Wycliffe Gordon to lead a group backing the mysterious Swedish singer-songwriter Malin Johansson, A.K.A. Blue Utopia.

The Brothers completed the group with bassist/composer Derrick Hodge, trumpeter/flugelhorn player and composer Jeremy Pelt, drummer/composer Kendrick Scott and keyboardist (vibes, marimba, piano, glockenspiel) Warren Wolf. In other words, a group of highly accomplished musicians, all of whom were composers/bandleaders. The result was this musically adventurous, often playful and good-humored album.

Music

Sound

Ratings by Michael Fremer @ AnalogPlanet

Side A:

1. Simplicity

2. The Theme

3. Journey

Side B:

1. Katrina

2. Jake's Dilemma

3. Now Or Never

4. Okay

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