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Reviews
for excerpt this!
Downbeat
French hornist Adam Unsworth expands the
instrumental range for jazz with Excerpt This!. The title
track sets the stage with a fierce uptempo blues, with Philadelphia
Orchestra member Unsworth hosting a unique lineup....more
Vangelis Aragiannis, Jazz&Tzaz magazine
...beyond Unsworth's unquestionable technical
skills there was also a chemistry between the group members
and the remarkable compositions....The solo tracks emphasize
the discipline, the concentration and the wealth of Unsworth's
ideas.... more
Derek
Taylor,
Cadance
Unsworth carries heavy credentials as a faculty member of
Temple University and a regular on the roster of the Philadelphia
Orchestra, but he’s also well versed in hot, roll-up-your-sleeves
improvisatory swing. His chosen instrumentation may be eccentric,
but the creative blend of brass, winds, strings, and percussion
serves his purposes perfectly. more
Bill
Shoemaker,
Point of Departure
"'
Excerpt This!'...introduces Adam Unsworth as a potentially
dominant French horn stylist. Not only is he a fluid improviser
with a frequently stunning command of arguably the most unforgiving
of brass instruments, but he also shows remarkable depth as
a composer-bandleader. ." more
Jeff
Agrell, The Horn Call Magazine (publication
of the International Horn Society)
"Unsworth, whose day job happens to be with the Philadelphia
Orchestra, sounds completely at home with the jazz language
of these compositions. He uses every color of the sonic rainbow,
with cascades of sounds, now in the stratosphere, now way
down low, now glissing or leaping instantaneously between
the two.... Astounding, infectious stuff." more
Ken
Kase, All About Jazz
"Unsworth's debut recording does what
the best jazz should do by asking questions, shunning orthodoxy
and predictability and having a few laughs along the way.
His virtuosity is undeniable...Unsworth and his group have
created something rare and distinctive."
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Scott
Yanow,
LA Jazz Scene
"His
solos are full of colorful and melodic ideas with episodic
yet logical development, putting Unsworth at the top of his
small field of major jazz French hornists." more
NewMusicBox
Web Magazine
"...the thing that really took my breath
away (pun intended) is what Unsworth can do on the horn all
by himself. With a single melodic line, he bends, he grooves,
he twists, he turns, and you never miss the rhythm section."
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Don
Berryman, Jazz Police
"This unusual configuration of
horn, violin, bass clarinet and flute, vibraphone, bass, and
drums creates an unique sound, and the performance combines
classical chamber music elements with improvisation."
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Karl
Stark, Philadelphia Inquirer
"Now
comes Adam Unsworth, a horn player with the Philadelphia Orchestra
and a Temple instructor who has an unusual desire to swing.
With a sound mellower and stiffer than a trombone, Unsworth
darts around enough to make a vivid impact...."
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