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Regev, Reut - This is R Time

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One of my very favorite instruments is the trombone. I can't think of a more expressive instrument when handled with style and an instrument that lends itself very well to avant and out musical styles - but one that isn't used enough in that way. Reut is a superb up and coming trombonist and this is the debut by her group, R Time, which combines Reut's trombone work with guitarist, guitarist David Phelps, monster bassist Brad Jones and Igal Foni on drums, with added percussion on 2 tracks. This is a hot album of music that falls between jazz and rock and the 'downtown sound'; trombone-led punk-jazz that has a fantastic groove! Highly recommended!

"Breathtakingly expansive and unabashedly modern, This is R Time is her debut as a leader. Versatile guitarist David Phelps, veteran bassist Brad Jones, and Regev's husband, drummer Igal Foni, make up her regular quartet. Their seasoned interplay is laser-tight, leaving ample room for freewheeling discourse. The elastic rhythm section plays it close to the vest, knowing just when to lock down the beat and when to cut it loose. A wildly diverse stylist blessed with prodigious technique, Regev's approach is joyously unfettered. From the mercurial euphony of "Hula Hula" and blistering staccato cadences of "Nutcase Scenario" to the earthy tailgating of "Some of the Best Fish Are Alive" and mellifluous refrains of "Balibalaila," Regev embraces every aspect of the trombone's storied history. An intrepid explorer, she fearlessly augments her horn with EFX, periodically running it through wah-wah pedals and reverb units, invoking dub as readily as the electro-acoustic experiments of fellow trombonist Robin Eubanks. An eclectic performer and perfect foil for Regev, Phelp's Hendrixian lyricism comes to the fore on the ebullient "Nutcase Scenario," while offering serene introspection on the sultry exotica of "Balibalaila." His chameleonic tendencies suit Regev's restless aesthetic perfectly; spiky electric guitar salvos shadow peals from her amplified trombone throughout the session, sporadically culminating in kaleidoscopic maelstroms of psychedelic intensity—like the one found at the apex of the searing closer "True Story." This is R Time is a stunning debut record from an upcoming artist. Regev combines the expressivity of the avant garde and the technical precision of bop wih the farsightedness of a musician in step with her own time. As one of the jazz idiom's oldest, most versatile instruments, the trombone provides both a connection to the past and a link to the future, a place Regev is prepared to take us."-Troy Collins/All About Jazz


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