Shadow Puppets Jim Gailloreto

• 1 Other White Meat 06:29
• 2 Shadow Puppets 05:40
• 3 Cheshire Cat 04:58
• 4 Fancy That 04:29
• 5 Doggin' Around 04:35
• 6 So Sari 07:35
• 7 A Change of Heart 05:07
• 8 Hum The Joke 04:50
• 9 A Flower is a Lovesome Thing 06:00
• 10 Jump St(u)art 05:38
• 11 Split Decision 05:38
• 12 Velma and Red at Sunset 03:15
• 13 End of the Line 05:43
• 14 Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 02:26
• Total Runtime 01:12:23

Info for Shadow Puppets

The Naim Label is pleased to welcome Jim Gailloreto's Split Decision into its ever increasing catalogue of new and ground breaking music. Jim plays tenor and soprano sax, and is accompanied on Shadow Puppets by Laurence Hobgood on Rhodes piano, Larry Kohut on double bass and Eric Montzka on drums and percussion. Jim's rich smooth tones and thought provoking yet accessible improvisations are newcomers to The Naim Label, although Jim is no stranger to making wonderful and critically acclaimed albums. He played recently on Kurt Elling's Grammy nominated disc 'Man In The Air'.

Much of Shadow Puppets are tunes that were transcribed originally from a session of total improvisation that Jim did with Chicago drummer Jeff Stitley. Jim made a preliminary recording, which he then listened to in close detail. He noted down which parts of the improvisation worked and caught his ear and worked on these bits, nourishing and tending them until he had the music which makes up the debut album for his group, Split Decision.

Jim's cohorts on this album have their own musical pedigree; Laurence Hobgood needs no real introduction to fans of The Naim Label, being part of Union (cd015 and cd038) and also having recorded a solo disc for us (cd049). Larry Kohut adds a very strong presence on acoustic bass, having learned his technique playing with the likes of Randy Brecker, Larry Coryell, Ryan Schultz and John McLean. Eric Montzka is long time drummer with Patricia Barber, having appeared on most of her recent albums.

“… the Chicago-based saxophonist, is no slouch on the tenor himself, but he takes his music in a different direction, blending it with soul and funk rhythms. …..The intriguing backgrounds Gailloreto uses makes his music something out of the ordinary.” (Cadence Magazine)

Jim Gailloreto, Tenor & Soprano Saxophone
Laurence Hobgood, Rhodes Piano
Larry Kohut, Double Bass
Eric Montzka, Drums & Percussion

All compositions by Jim Gailloreto except tracks 9, 12, and 14

Recorded by Ken Christianson, Pro Musica, Chicago at Gantz Hall, Roosevelt University 24, 25, and 26 August 2003.

In 1997, Jim Gailloreto embarked on a new project called Jazz String Quintet. It is an integration of both jazz and classical music written for string quartet and soprano saxophone. Inspired by sources as diverse as Debussy and Ravel to Miles Davis and John Coltrane, composer and saxophonist Jim Gailloreto offers a perfect blend of classical music and jazz: structure and spontaneity. The compositions interweave his own soprano saxophone with skilled modernist writing for string quartet. “No composer has shaped the structures and layered the phrases of the string quartet to so successfully accommodate full-tilt improvisation,” writes jazz authority Neil Tesser.

Booklet for Shadow Puppets