Fast Friends Doug Webb

• 1 Last Trane To Georgia 04:23
• 2 Friends Again 04:57
• 3 High Groove, Low Feedback 04:35
• 4 Surfing The Webb 05:15
• 5 Ah-Leu-Cha 06:23
• 6 Dease Things 04:31
• 7 Dream Stepper 05:48
• 8 A Night In Tunisia 05:04
• 9 Dig Doug 05:07
• 10 The Things We Did Last Summer 04:35
• 11 Nopoló 04:53
• Total Runtime 55:31

Info for Fast Friends

Saxophonist extraordinaire Doug Webb returns to the scene with a little help from a few of his “Fast Friends” on his eighth release for Posi-Tone. This hard hitting session features the inspired virtuosity of Michael Dease on trombone, the cool comping of Mitchel Forman on piano, the steady underpinning of Chris Colangelo on bass, and the bombastic metrics of Roy McCurdy on drums. Not one to be outdone, Webb continues to scintillate and astonish with his effortless mastery of the idiom and technical prowess on his instrument. With an amazing combination of talent, brilliant performances, and an exciting program of music, including several amazing new original compositions, Doug Webb’s latest record “Fast Friends“ is sure to bring bright moments to jazz fans everywhere.

"L.A.-based saxophonist Doug Webb is an extremely busy player with a number of TV and movie credits, including Law and Order and The Simpsons, where he was Lisa Simpson’s saxophone “voice.” But every time he steps out as a leader, Webb makes the most of the opportunity, teaming up with high-quality musicians and choosing top-shelf material to go along with his traditional, but creative, originals.

On Fast Friends, he’s brought in trombonist Michael Dease, pianist Mitchel Forman, bassist Chris Colangelo and drummer Roy McCurdy, and put together a program that explores multiple facets of the classic hard-bop sound. Webb contributes four originals, but the album also includes tunes by Lee Morgan and Charlie Parker, among others. The majority of the pieces are played fast and forcefully, with plenty of quick-witted interaction between saxophone and trombone. One notable exception is “Dream Stepper,” which is set to a gently swaying Brazilian groove. “A Night In Tunisia,” by contrast, starts out fast and becomes a rocket ride, with McCurdy slamming the kit in a way that belies his 81 years." (Philip Freeman, downbeat.com)

Doug Webb, saxophone
Michael Dease, trombone
Mitchel Forman, piano
Chris Colangelo, bass
Roy McCurdy, drums

Doug Webb
was born in Chicago and moved to California at the age of 3. He is a graduate of Edison high school in Huntington Beach, CA and received a Bachelor of Music from Boston’s Berklee College of Music. He began playing the clarinet at the age of 8 and added saxophone and flute at 15. He lives in Los Angeles with his beautiful wife Alex and his son, Ryan.

Over his career Webb has played and recorded with such notable talents as Horace Silver, Freddie Hubbard, Sal Marquez, Stanley Clarke, Quincy Jones, Mat Marucci, Kyle Eastwood, Billy Childs, Rod Stewart, Carly Simon, Art Davis, Kenny Rogers, Bonnie Raitt, Pancho Sanchez and Vikki Carr. He played with the house band for the Dennis Miller TV show, the Jimmy Cleveland orchestra and continues to tour with the Doc Severinsen big band. He has recorded music for hundreds of movies and television programs. He solos on the sound track for Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby and Jersey Boys. Webb has been featured on hundreds of recordings.

Doug plays.... soprillo, sopranino, C soprano, soprano, slide soprano, swanee, saxello, F mezzo soprano, alto, stritch, C melody, tenor, straight tenor, baritone, bass, cortrabass and tubax saxophones... piccolo, Eb, Db, C, G, bass and contrabass flutes..and almost every size ever made of every other woodwind listed in wikipedia under woodwinds...including sarrusophones and renaissance and baroque woodwinds, double reeds...14 sizes of clarinets...and ethnic woodwinds from every region of the world.

This album contains no booklet.