I thought the Jim Cifelli New York Nonet CD "Tunnel Vision" was one of the better bigger band disks I'd heard in awhile when I bought it last year. I would compare it favorably with Joe Lovano's nonet CDs "52nd Street Themes" and "On This Day...At the Vanguard."
A trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer and arranger, Cifelli isn't as well known as Lovano, but he should be better known. Case in point his latest disk, "Groove Station," in which he moves easily from his post bop-oriented nonet to a funky, groovy soul jazz-leaning sextet that's more "Vibes from the Tribe" than "Birth of the Cool." Guitarist Dave Phelps and keyboardist Will Boulware do good work. "Old School" would be a good song to play those people who claim fusion never works. Both thumbs up.
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