''Jazz Noir'' is the 11th album by American

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet, but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B♭, though ...

ist

Dmitri Matheny Dmitri Matheny (born December 25, 1965) is an American jazz flugelhornist. According to the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', Matheny is "one of the jazz world's most talented horn players." Early career Matheny was raised in Columbus, Georgia, and T ...

, released in 2016.

Description

The Papillon/BluePort Jazz release, ''Jazz Noir'', Matheny's 11th album as leader, was produced by Dmitri Matheny and executive produced by Bill Matheny with recording engineers David Lange and Jeremy Goody. ''Jazz Noir'' includes movie themes from

film noir Film noir (; ) is a style of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood Crime film, crime dramas that emphasizes cynicism (contemporary), cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of Ameri ...

classics, modern jazz standards, and two original pieces: ''Film Noir'' (with poem by

Dana Gioia Michael Dana Gioia (; born December 24, 1950) is an American poet, literary critic, literary translator, and essayist. Since the early 1980s, Gioia has been considered part of the highly controversial and countercultural literary movements w ...

) and ''Crime Scenes''.

Track listing

Personnel

* Dmitri Matheny, flugelhorn and spoken word * Bill Anschell, piano (10, 11) * Matt Clark piano, (2, 7, 8, 9) * Nick Manson piano, (1, 5, 12) * Charles McNeal, tenor saxophone (2, 7, 8, 9) * Susan Pascal, vibraphone (3, 4, 6) * Phil Sparks, bass (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12), * Todd Strait, drums (1, 5, 12) *

Akira Tana Akira Tana (March 14, 1952) is an American jazz drummer. Biography Tana grew up in Palo Alto, graduating from Gunn High School in 1970. Tana then obtained a bachelor's degree from Harvard University in the social sciences, playing gigs on the s ...

, drums (2, 7, 8, 9) * Jay Thomas, tenor and soprano saxophones (1, 5, 12) * John Wiitala, bass (2, 7, 8, 9)

References

2016 albums Dmitri Matheny albums {{2010s-jazz-album-stub