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Paul Jost Quartet at Blue Note New York

Courtesy of Frank Lawrence | Posted on November 27, 2018

Where

Blue Note New York
131 West Third Street
New York, NY
Map
212-475-8592

Paul Jost Quartet at Blue Note New York

When

Sun, December 16, 2018
1:30 pm

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Musicians

Paul Jost
vocals
Jim Ridl
piano
Dean Johnson
bass, acoustic

About

All About Jazz magazine captured the appeal of the 4tet in a review: “The quartet glides effortlessly from swing to bebop…Jost’s boppish scatting bristles with the unmistakable energy of in-the-moment improvisation. Jost is an all-rounder; his gravely soul delivery can sound like a cross between singers Otis Redding and Pino Daniele, and he imbues singer John Sebastian’s ‘Daydream’ with the Delta blues.” The Quartet will perform numbers from their new album, "Simple Life," to be released in March, including "Blackbird," "If I Only Had a Brain," "With a Little Help from My Friends," and a song Paul wrote many years ago, "Livin' in the Wrong Time." Musicologist Raul da Gama has written of Paul, "...in his pristine articulation, Mr Jost dips into a colour palette that is not only most unusual, but also vast and encompassing of an impossibly wide register...he has been spoken of as a worthy successor, among male vocalists, to the legendary Mark Murphy." ...

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