On DAY IN NIGHT OUT, his latest Criss Cross leader date, Walt Weiskopf upholds the high standards he's set on his previous nine albums for the label.
Here he leads a hand-picked octet -- each of the five horns is a veteran section player with extraordinary improvisational skills, including Criss Cross veterans Andy Fusco and Gary Smulyan, propelled by a rhythm section comprising the extraordinary young drummer Kendrick Scott, best known as Terence Blanchard's drummer, and the harmonically informed pianist and bassist Peter Zak and Doug Weiss - through a suite of eight heady originals and a rearranged standard.
| 1. | Day In Night Out (Walt Weiskopf) 4:42 | |
| 2. | West Side Waltz (Walt Weiskopf) 5:54 | |
| 3. | City Of Sin (Walt Weiskopf) 5:27 | |
| 4. | Blue In Two (Walt Weiskopf) 6:42 | |
| 5. | Walk In The Woods (Walt Weiskopf) 5:36 | |
| 6. | Off Yellow (Walt Weiskopf) 6:03 | |
| 7. | Lean And Green (Walt Weiskopf) 6:00 | |
| 8. | Heather On The Hill (Alan Jay Lerner / Frederick Loewe) 7:17 | |
| 9. | Solid Citizen (Walt Weiskopf) 6:00 | |
| 10. | I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good (Duke Ellington / Paul Francis Webster) 5:57 |
Total Time: 59:44
Recorded
April 3, 2007
in
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Engineer:
Max Bolleman &
The Masters (mastering)
Producer:
Gerry Teekens