16-02-2009 - Jazzflits (NL)

Nederlands Jazz ArchiefEnglish:Saxophonist Susanne Alt hails from Germany but has long been a part of our jazz scene. Royalty For Real has the aura of a prestigious product. It is also a tribute to the late trumpeter Roy Hargrove. Hargrove was fond of participating in the after-hours sessions at North Sea Jazz; Alt occasionally played alongside him there – hence Bel Air Bop, one of the seven tracks. The saxophonist/flutist wrote five of the tracks herself, in addition to The Nearness of You and Roy Allan by Hargrove. The album was recorded in February 2022 in New York with pianist James Hurt, bassist Gerald Cannon, and drummer Willie Jones III. - Hessel Fluitman(…). De muziek op deze derde cd beweegt zich tussen bop, funk en ska. De saxofoniste nodigde twee gasten in de studio uit: trombonist Fred Wesley en gitarist Bruno Speight. Wesley was in de jaren zeventig muzikaal leider van de band van James Brown. (…). De nummers waarop de gasten meespelen, waaronder het titelnummer, zijn behoorlijk funky. Helemaal als Thijs Cuppen op de Hammond B-3 uitpakt, zoals in ‘Things to Do’. (…) Met haar derde cd bewijst Susanne Alt een breed georiënteerde altsaxofoniste te zijn, met wie je meerdere muzikale kanten op kunt. English(…) . The music of this third cd is between bop, funk and ska. The saxophonist invited two guests: trombonist Fred Wesley and guitarist Bruno Speight. Wesley was band leader of James Brown. (…) The tunes which feature the guests are very funky. Especially when Thijs Cuppen gets into it on Hammond B-3,, like in “Things to do”. (…) With her third cd Susanne Alt proves to be a broad alto saxophonist with who you can go different musical ways.