Recharge the Blade, by Jon Irabagon

Recharge the Blade

by Jon Irabagon

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1.	Kilgrave Part 1 01:50	info	buy track
2.	Blood Eagle 08:32	info	buy track
3.	Keelhauling 02:47	info	buy track
4.	Nightshade 08:07	info	buy track
5.	Kilgrave Part 2 02:28	info	buy track
6.	Recharge the Blade 09:32	info	buy track
7.	Trés Bechet 06:47	info	buy track
8.	Tsar 08:54	info	buy track
9.	Kilgrave Part 3 01:11	info	buy track
10.	Quorum Call 09:45	info	buy track
11.	We'll Meet Again 04:27	info	buy track
12.	Welcome Parade 04:02	info	buy track

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The Outright! trilogy idea was born during the preparation of my first album as a leader in 2008— make three records, one each for alto saxophone, tenor saxophone and soprano saxophone (my main horns at the time), each focusing on the history and monumental figures of the individual instrument. All were to be mostly original material inspired by these masters’ voices, focus on group interaction and improvisation, feature one reworked standard, have one portion featuring as many musicians as I could fit into the studio and have one piece featuring unfettered guitar shredding, just cause I love it.

A good dozen years later, the original trilogy idea is complete. Soprano, the most elusive and unfriendly of my three original instruments, proved difficult to tame enough to get an album off the ground, and my interim additions of sopranino, mezzo soprano sax, et al further delayed the conclusion of the trilogy. One of the few positives of the coronavirus pandemic was more time to focus on soprano and composition and here are the results. Who knows if there will be future Outright! outcroppings but we are extremely proud of the variety, humor and virtuosity found on Outright! (Innova Recordings, 2008), Unhinged (Irabbagast Records, 2012) and now Recharge the Blade (Irabbagast Records, 2023). Enjoy!

credits

released January 23, 2024

Jon Irabagon – soprano saxophone
Ray Anderson – trombone
Matt Mitchell – piano, Fender Rhodes, Moog Model D
Chris Lightcap – acoustic and electric bass
Dan Weiss – drums

with

Ben Monder – guitar (on Quorum Call)
Chris Cash – drums, bass, guitars, programming (on Welcome Parade)
and The Trans-Atlantic Luxury Cruise Line Cigar Lounge All-Stars (on Welcome Parade)

RECHARGE THE BLADE SUITE:
1) Kilgrave Part 1 (1:50)
2) Blood Eagle (8:33)
3) Keelhauling (2:47)
4) Nightshade (8:07)
5) Kilgrave Part 2 (2:29)
6) Recharge the Blade (9:33)
7) Très Bechet (6:48)
8) Tsar (8:55)
9) Kilgrave Part 3 (1:11)

WAR TRILOGY:
10) Quorum Call (9:45)
11) We'll Meet Again (4:28)
12) Welcome Parade (4:03)

All songs by Jon Irabagon (F Magellan Music, ASCAP) except “We'll Meet Again” by Hugh Charles and Ross Parker (Music Sales Corporation)

Jon Irabagon 2024, all rights reserved

Produced by Jon Irabagon
Recorded by Aaron Nevezie at The Bunker Studio, Brooklyn, NY on 3/24/21
Edited, mixed and mastered by Eivind Opsvik
Artwork by Feenix Fabay
Design by Chad McCullough
All songs by Jon Irabagon (F Magellan Music, ASCAP) except “We'll Meet Again” by Hugh Charles and Ross Parker (Music Sales Corporation)

Thanks to Chamber Music America, Lawrence Bacosse, James Brierley, Kaos, Joel Chriss, Spike Wilner and everyone at Smalls Jazz Club, Fortuna Sung, Matt Garrison and everyone at Shapeshifter Lab and Jerome Sabbagh, Jeremy Dutton and everyone at Bar Bayeux.

Special thanks to Ray, Matt, Chris, Dan and Ben for your artistry and vision.

This album is dedicated to Sam Fossbakk.

The Recharge the Blade Suite by Jon Irabagon's Outright! has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America's New Jazz Works program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

The Trans-Atlantic Luxury Cruise Line Cigar Lounge All-Stars:

Rodrigo Ursaia-- flute
Morgan Price-- alto flute
Peter Hess-- Eb clarinet
Jason Gillenwater, Massimo Magee-- clarinet
Christof Knoche-- bass clarinet
Sean Sonderegger-- contrabass clarinet
Per Gárdin, Matthew Muñeses, Will Vinson-- alto saxophone
Brad Linde-- C melody saxophone
Tom Christensen, Alban Darche, Sven Decker, Christoph Irniger, Jonathan Moritz, Dan Nicholson, Matthew “Narducci” Silberman, Mik Templeton– tenor saxophone
The Saxophone Warrior-- saxophone and electronics
Brad Hubbard, Steven Salcedo, Kyle Saulnier-- baritone saxophone
Stefan Zeniuk-- bass saxophone
Chad McCullough, Nadja Noordhuis, Jumaane Smith-- trumpet
Ryan Keberle, Luke Malewicz, Kevin Schoenbach-- trombone
Max Seigel-- bass trombone
Joe Exley-- tuba
Juanma Trujillo-- ukelele and toy recorder
Andrew Hendryx-- mandolin
Brandon Coleman, Scott Fields, Akira Ishiguro, Jesse Lewis, Anthony Pirog-- guitar
Álvaro Domene-- seven string electric guitar and live electronics
Julien Labro-- accordion
David Ecker, Lilah Martz, Dred Scott, Jim Sellers-- piano
Joan Hammel-- piano and percussion
Noah Baerman-- organ
Jozef Dumoulin-- keyboards
Fred Lonberg-Holm-- cello
Shawn Conley, Richard Lloyd Giddens, Jr., Jeff Schwartz-- double bass
Ernesto Cervini, Joe Hertenstein-- drums
Mike Pride-- auxiliary percussion
Colin Hinton-- percussion (glockenspiel, gongs, percussion, drums)
Bernd Ihno Eilts – voice
Oscar “The Dog” Peterson-- dog howls
Matt Wilson-- water
SpacePants-- The TUBE

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Jon Irabagon Chicago, Illinois

Chicago-based composer, bandleader, saxophonist and label-owner. Dr. Mario enthusiast. Dave Douglas Quintet, Mary Halvorson Quintet, Sextet and Septet, Barry Altschul's 3dom Factor, Rudy Royston's 303 and Rise of Orion Trio, Mostly Other People Do the Killing, Uri Caine's Catbird, etc. ... more

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