Joint Venture, by Ellery Eskelin, Paul Smoker, Drew Gress, Phil Haynes

Joint Venture

by Ellery Eskelin, Paul Smoker, Drew Gress, Phil Haynes

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1.	Lush Life 07:40		buy track
2.	Just in Time 08:40		buy track
3.	Chorale and Descendance 08:32		buy track
4.	Avenue A 06:23		buy track
5.	Intra-Action 04:17		buy track
6.	El-Smoke 11:22	info	buy track

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"Joint Venture features the all-star, action-adventure team of tenor saxophonist Ellery Eskelin, trumpeter Paul Smoker, bassist Drew Gress and drummer Phil Haynes.

. . . Playing with an openness reminiscent of Ornette Coleman,
and with a dash rivaling that of Stephen Spielberg’s Indiana Jones,
Eskelin, Smoker, Gress, and Haynes stoke furies of mythic proportions . . . [They] demonstrate an ESP-like discipline and finesse that sometimes is just plain eerie.

This is jazz at the cutting edge. It’s bold. And as it resists and deconstructs the mainstream, it draws us in with a sound and fury signifying an attitude - and accomplishment – well worth savoring."

~ Chuck Berg
JazzTimes, November 1994

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released October 17, 2022

Paul Smoker, trumpeter/composer
Ellery Eskelin, tenor saxophonist/composer
Drew Gress, bassist/composer
Phil Haynes, drum set artist/composer

Recorded by David Baker
Sorcerer Sound, NYC
Originally published by ENJA Records, Munich

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Phil Haynes Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

25 year NYC veteran drummer, composer and bandleader of singular voice and stirring stylistic range, from the innovative avant-garde to romantic ballads, Americana, & adventurous modern jazz classics. philhaynes.com

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