(DMJ-1138)
This project defines what Dreambox Media is all about...nine original compositions contributed by three members of the dedicated, adventurous quartet 53 Stations.
Features bassist Dylan Taylor, drummer Skip Rohrich, Jason Shapiro on tenor and soprano saxophones, and Bob Meashey (trumpet and flugelhorn).
"Lacy" / "Follow Me" / "53 Stations" / "Sweet 16" / "Bells" / "Page 3" / "Later" / "Black Tide" / "Departure"
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What the critics say:
"The new CD by the quartet 53 Stations could work best in bars with ambience. Its gritty uncompromising edge goes down easily, and the original tunes look back to glory days and forward to new vistas.
The group, founded by South Jersey-based saxophonist Jason Shapiro and Wilmington drummer Skip Rohrich, often plays around Philly, and was formed to celebrate neglected works of such folks as Steve Lacy, Herbie Nichols and Greg Osby. But here the neglected works are all originals by either the two leaders or bassist Dylan Taylor.
The tunes, with trumpeter Bob Meashey, are on the pleasant side of hard bop; they show no quarter, and are graceful about it. Rohrich’s title track has a persuasive flow, while Taylor’s 'Sweet 16' is reasonably winsome. Shapiro shows himself to be a storyteller as he unwinds a solo on his 'Page 3.'"
- Philadelphia Inquirer
"…(T)hey show that freedom encompasses many colors and is not limited by matters of stylistic or musical dogma.
…Coming out of the Lacy tradition, as evidenced by the opening track, they thrive on ambiguous harmonies and large dissonant leaps in the service of restraint. They make a beautiful sound, even putting their own spin on the Blues in the succinct and contagiously cool 'Follow Me.' Muscle can be used, as it is used during the drum solo that opens 'Bells,' a study in hypnotic dissonance and its resolution. An air of nostalgia pervades 'Black Tide,' but it’s almost void of recognizable harmonic resolution as it winds a slithery path forwards."
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