1: Salt And Light (6:05) 2: Woman Clothed In The Sun (4:43) 3: Lower Broadway Rundown (7:25) 4: Growth (7:21) 5: Pedal Taverns (7:07) 6: For The Vulnerable (7:05) 7: Naked Statues (7:16) 8: Blues For Duffy And Doug (5:57)
Number of discs:
1
Description:
Growth by Don Sr. & Don Aliquo Jr. Aliquo, released 17 February 2023.
This version of Growth comes as a 1xCD. -
01) Salt and Light * (6:05)
02) Woman Clothed in the Sun * (4:43)
03) Lower Broadway Rundown * (7:25)
04) Growth ^ (7:21)
05) Pedal Taverns * (7:07)
06) For the Vulnerable ^ (7:05)
07) Naked Statues ^ (7:16)
08) Blues for Duffy and Doug ^ (5:57)
Personnel:
Don Aliquo - tenor saxophone, bass clarinet *^
Rod McGaha - trumpet *
Jonathan Wires - bass *
Marcus Finnie - drum set *
Steve Kovalcheck - guitar ^
Jacob Jezioro - upright bass ^
Danny Gottlieb - drum set ^
RECORDING INFO:
Recorded July 26 and July 28, 2022 @ The Studio Nashville, Nashville Tennessee
Brook Sutton - engineer and mixing engineer
John Hill - mastering engineer
All tunes composed by Don Aliquo (Alaco Music / BMI)
Don Aliquo exclusively plays Vandoren products and Selmer saxophones
ALBUM NOTES:
?Growth? is a work the reflects the city of Nashville?s rise and the expansion of the jazz scene of the past two decades since my arrival. It also documents my personal and musical growth and reflects my time spent living and performing in the Nashville area. I also wanted to write and perform some pieces that have a more open harmonic & rhythmic context that would stretch me as an improviser.
?Growth? refers to:
My personal and musical growth since my arrival over 20 years ago.
The growth of Nashville as a major city.
The expansion of the Nashville jazz scene.
The tunes:
Salt and Light are images used by Jesus in the sermon on the mount and conveys a desire to make the world a better place by showing unconditional love through good work.
Woman Clothed in the Sun is about someone who is special in my life that is the embodiment of the concept of Salt and Light.
Lower Broadway Rundown depicts the ?hustle? that is the tourist destination know as Lower Broadway and references the great Sonny Rollins? work: ?East Broadway Rundown?.
Growth already explained!
Pedal Taverns portrays the general absurdity of the burgeoning tourist business downtown.
For the Vulnerable voices the many problems that face all major cities today and articulates the incre