Asking a long-standing bass and drum team to take the lead on a recording is a bit like asking your bus driver where he would like to go himself. It turns out, of course, that the driver knows all the best places.
Bassist David Ambrosio and drummer Russ Meissner have been an in-demand New York rhythm section for more than 20 years, the driving force behind saxophonist Matt Renzi, pianist Eri Yamamoto and many others.
Moments in Time, their debut for Steeplechase's LookOut imprint, is a collection of interactive, open-textured originals by both men, designed to lead an adventurous sextet – including Renzi, alto saxophonist Loren Stillman, pianist Leonard Thompson, guitarist Nate Radley – into the less-visited spaces of contemporary New York post-bop. Get on the bus.
