Soprano Summit

The 1970s, a time most widely known in jazz because the “fusion years,” appeared like an extremely unlikely time and energy to form a vintage jazz/mainstream group. At Dick Gibson’s annual Colorado Jazz Party in 1972, Bob Wilber and Kenny Davern therefore enjoyed playing collectively during one track that within a short while Soprano Summit was created. Wilber and Davern both doubled on sopranos and clarinets, and had been originally became a member of by pianist Dick Hyman, guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli, bassist George Duvivier, and drummer Bobby Rosengarden, trimming their 1st two units for the entire world Jazz label. By 1976, once the group actually strike its stride, Wilber and Davern had been teaming up with acoustic guitarist/vocalist Marty Grosz and a number of bassists and drummers. The music group featured passionate variations of pre-bop requirements and obscurities, as well as the interplay between your co-leaders was frequently quite extreme and consistently fascinating. Before their separation in 1979, Soprano Summit experienced documented gems for Chiaroscuro, Jazzology, Concord, and Body fat Cat’s Jazz, and a third recording for Globe Jazz. In 1986, Davern (who was simply now specifically playing clarinet) and Wilbur experienced a casual get-together, plus they possess played collectively on an intermittent basis since, producing recordings as Soprano Reunion with the initial tempo section (with Milt Hinton completing for the past due Duvivier) in 1990 and 1992. The Chiaroscuro and Concord units possess since been reissued on Compact disc and are extremely recommended.