Overtones
Doug MacDonald and the L.A. All-Star Octet
2022
1. Night by Night (7:10)
2. Bossa for PK (6:25)
3. Blues by Eight (5:30)
4. Hortense (6:00)
5. Lover Man (4:59)
6. Over #21 (4:03)
7. Ground Up (5:06)
8. Rickey Speaking (4:30)
Doug MacDonald - Guitar
Aaron Janik - Trumpet
Kim Richmond - Alto Saxophone (tracks 1-4, 6-8)
Rickey Woodard - Tenor Saxophone
Ira Nepus - Trombone
Bill Cunliffe - Acoustic Piano (tracks 1, 3-8), Electric Piano (track 2), and Hammond B3 (track 6)
Chuck Berghofer - Bass
Roy McCurdy - Drums
Paul Kreibich - Shaker (track 2)
Octets go back a long way in jazz — Dave Brubeck recorded with one as far back as 1946, and Dave Pell's popular and long-lived ensemble dates from the early '50s — but these days, music business realities being what they are, recordings of groups larger than a quartet aren't all that common.
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So why an octet?
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"I recorded with a 13-piece band a while back and also produced a project with a string section. I like the sound of four horns rather than the three, like you find in a lot of R&B bands. Typical bebop bands usually have a trumpet, tenor, and alto. I prefer the sound of two brass and two saxes." - Doug MacDonald