Syzygy by Curtis Brothers Quartet
1. Afro Blue (Mongo Santamaria)
2. Hallucinations (Bud Powell)
3. Bebop (Dizzy Gillespie)
4. Betcha By Golly Wow (Linda Creed/ Thom Bell)
5. Yes or No (Wayne Shorter)
6. Syzygy (Zaccai Curtis) Truth Revolution Publishing
7. Start The World I Want To Get On (Charlie Palmieri)
8. All of You (Cole Porter)
9. Hi-Heel Sneakers (Tommy Tucker)
10. What’s Going On (Marvin Gaye/ Al Cleveland/ Renaldo Benson)
11. Cheer Up Charlie (Anthony Newley/ Leslie Bricusse)
12. Quicksilver (Horace Silver)
The album is not an effort to break down barriers, or forge into unknown territory, but a clear communicative statement of their own personal musical heritage within the jazz tradition. The music incorporates the blues, swings hard, and contains elements that speak to their music as being a confluence of jazz inroads that become a pathway for musical integration that speaks to itself as one. Syzygy, blends blues harmonies with swing and latin rhythms, indeed all the classic elements of the jazz language, stating emphatically the vast amount of uncovered ground that still resides within the jazz idiom.
Tracklist
| 1. | Afro Blue | 6:34 |
| 2. | Hallucinations | 5:00 |
| 3. | Bebop | 5:43 |
| 4. | Betcha By Golly Wow | 5:25 |
| 5. | Yes or No | 6:58 |
| 6. | Syzygy | 7:00 |
| 7. | Start The World I Want To Get On | 4:49 |
| 8. | All of You | 6:03 |
| 9. | What's Going On | 6:29 |
| 10. | Cheer Up Charlie | 7:01 |
| 11. | Quicksilver | 7:31 |
Credits
Zaccai Curtis - Piano/ Rhodes
Luques Curtis - Bass
Richie Barshay - Drums
Reinaldo De Jesus - Congas
Piano tracks recorded at Tedesco Studios in Paramus NJ: Tom Tedesco
All others recorded at Truth Revolution Studio: Javier Raez and Giovanni Almonte
Mixed and Mastered by Edwin Ramos (ER Music)
A Curtis Brothers Production
Photography by Gulnara Khamatova
Cover design/ graphics by Edward LaRose
Copyright 2016
