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 Plunge’s
2nd CD, Dancing on Thin Ice, finds this unusual
trio from New Orleans performing provocative melodies, engaging
grooves, and playful improvisations that resound in memory long
after the head-sets come off. Trombonist Mark McGrain, saxophonist
Tim Green, and bassist James Singleton are three of the
Crescent
City’s preeminent modern jazz improvisers. This new Plunge
aggregation dives headlong into the new-groove vortex with sounds
steeped in humor, passion, and visual suggestion. DownBeat magazine
gave Plunge’s critically acclaimed first CD, Falling with Grace,
four stars with Dan Ouellette writing, “a remarkable debut, at once
soulful and vivacious, a refreshing plummet into the deep end of the
tonal spectrum. Plunge delivers grooves as wide as a house, fat
drones that rumble window panes and pulsing bass beats that
simultaneously undergird tunes and drive them.” NPR/PRI’s Norman
Weinstein described Plunge’s music as “the rowdy sounds of a New
Orleans brass band playing after hours, having a blast playing
outside of the boundaries of traditional Crescent City Jazz. Think
of a song book light years beyond the usual marches and dirges found
in brass ensembles, this is the essence of the Plunge sound.” and
JazzIz’s
Sam Prestianni
wrote “Plunge dives headlong into the rare groove vortex.
Melodically eloquent.” Plunge’s new recording, Dancing on Thin
Ice, is contemporary, instrumental jazz that’s smart, witty, and warmly infectious. |
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