David Weiss & Point Of Departure – Wake Up Call (2017/2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

David Weiss & Point Of Departure – Wake Up Call (2017/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:16:11 minutes | 900 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ropeadope

Trumpeter, composer and band leader David Weiss has a wide-ranging inquisitiveness and acquaintance with both modernistic, forward-seeking jazz and early jazz-fusion. On the 76-minute Wake Up Call, Weiss’ latest album with his ensemble Point of Departure, he showcases his uncanny ability to uncork material which is not always well-known to jazz fans, but which brings to life music which has an essence that goes beyond what is predictable. Notably, there are no originals among the nine tracks on Wake Up Call, and yet Weiss has managed to put compositions by John McLaughlin, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson and others into a cohesive and thematic whole. No easy feat to reinterpret other musicians’ work and make it comfortably fit into a singular compendium. Weiss slices his album into three sections: Prologue; Unfinished Business; and New Beginning.

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David Weiss – When Words Fail (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

David Weiss – When Words Fail (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:01:21 minutes | 702 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Motema

Trumpeter, arranger, and producer David Weiss presents When Words Fail, a deeply personal release that pays tribute to a number of friends and colleagues in Weiss’s life that have recently passed away, including bassist Dwayne Burno who features on this album, recorded shortly before his death.

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