Trio Caveat
Compliments of the Season
KMB016
 
 
 (US)  (World) Recorded by Jonathan Moritz at Prospect Studios Mixed and Mastered by Jonathan Goldberger Design by Elodie Blanchard Jonathan Moritz: tenor and soprano saxophones James Ilgenfritz : bass John McLellan: drums 1 Open Gifts 2 Sleigh Ride 3 Boppin’ Socks 4 Blue Christmas 5 Call Your Mother Call Your Father 6 Babe In The Manger 7 Happy Christmas (War Is Over) 8 Dreidel Recorded in 2006 after a successful southern tour, Happy Christmas marks the second release by saxophone player Jonathan Moritz on KMB Jazz, following his CD-R with Evil Eye. He is joined in Trio Caveat by James Ilgenfritz (bass) and John McLellan (drums), and their sound is a delightful minimalism that will surely challenge even the most serious listener. A part of the second issue of the KMB Jazz CD-R series. 250 copies pressed January 2008. (TRIO CAVEAT.doc) Downtown Music Gallery, March 2008 “Featuring Jonathan Moritz on tenor & soprano sax, James Ilgenfritz on bass and John McLellan on drums. This is the second disc by Trio Caveat, the personnel is the same and it is nice to have bassist James Ilgenfritz back with us since his move to San Diego to study with Mark Dresser. I still haven't heard much from saxist, Jonathan Moritz, but drummer John McLellan can be heard playing with the Maneri's, Joe McPhee, Keith Yaun and Daniel Carter. Although this disc was recorded in a studio in April of 2006, the song titles deal with a Christmas theme. "Open Gifts" is slow moving, cautious and free. "Sleigh Ride" also uses a minimum of notes, softly unfolding like wisps of smoke from cigarette sitting in an ashtray. James' contrabass is often at the center of the activity here and he has a strong though relaxed sound. Even more calm is Jonathan's sax that seems to unfurl is slow-motion with a warm, round and haunting tone. Patience is required to enjoy this music since it does take its time unfold, a few notes at a time. The thing that works best is that warm, wooden tone of the tenor sax, James' selective contrabass and John's minimal drums, all come from the same place and move together, cautiously through a ghost-like landscape. -Bruce Lee Gallanter All About Jazz NY, June 2008 “The theme of Compliments of the Season is just as as distinct as that of The Ideal Bread. Though there are countless volumes of Christmas music in existence, Trio Caveat may be the only one to take such a minimalist approach to the warmth and and happiness that the winter holidays invoke. Notes creep out of Jonathan Moritz’s tenor and soprano saxophones purposefully, but at a snail’s pace. Bassist James Ilgenfritz and drummer John McLellan are not much faster. Only patient listeners will be able to discern any Christmas motifs in these eight tracks. For the rest of us, we can at least appreciate Moritz’s use of silence in “Sleigh Ride” and Ilgenfritz’s arduous solo playing in “Babe In The Manger.” - Ivana Nghttps://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=charihosid%40hotmail%2ecom&item_name=Trio%20Caveat%20Compliments%20Of%20The%20Season%20CD%2dR%20US&item_number=KMB016%20US&amount=10%2e00&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&currency_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dBuyNowBF&charset=UTF%2d8https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=charihosid%40hotmail%2ecom&item_name=Trio%20Caveat%20Compliments%20Of%20The%20Season%20CD%2dR%20World&item_number=KMB016%20World&amount=12%2e00&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&currency_code=USD&lc=US&bn=PP%2dBuyNowBF&charset=UTF%2d8KMB016 Trio Caveat - Compliments of the Season_files/TRIO%20CAVEAT.docshapeimage_2_link_2