“Jack Mouse flexes his gymnast-level flexibility, nailing spontaneous hemiolas and double-time spurts with taste, confidence and accuracy.”
-DownBeat Magazine
After decades of performing with some of the greatest names in jazz, drummer Jack Mouse finally gathered together a quintet of some of his longtime Chicago collaborators to put together this intriguing set of ten original compositions. With Art Davis on trumpet, Scott Robinson on woodwinds, guitarist John McLean, and two titan bassists splitting duties, Bob Bowman and Kelly Sill, Mouse’s well-seasoned group aesthetic receives a long overdue recording debut.
TRACKS:
1 LaPorta 6:07
2 Slow Helen 8:03
3 Winterset 5:27
4 Hip Check 7:06
5 Raucous Caucus 7:12
6 The Breezeling 6:00
7 Mean Streak 6:43
8 Prairie Dance 4:09
9 Manne-rism 6:40
10 Loose Weave 6:20
PERFORMERS:
SCOTT ROBINSON – tenor & soprano saxophones, flute
ART DAVIS – trumpet & flugelhorn
JOHN McLEAN – guitar
BOB BOWMAN – bass (3,4,6,7,8)
KELLY SILL – bass (1,2,5,9)
JACK MOUSE – drums
PRODUCTION:
Produced by Janice Borla & John McLean
Recorded by Steve Yates at Tall Grass Studio, Naperville, IL
June 14 & 15, 2012
Mixed & mastered by Steve Yates
at Steve Yates Recording, Morton Grove, IL
Band photography by Bill Sosin
Cover design & layout by John Bishop\
ORIGIN RECORDS
REVIEWS:
Jazzespress (Lloyd Sachs)
In jazz, there are times when you can judge a book by its covers, and an artist by the musicians he pays tribute to with his own compositions. That’s the case with veteran drummer Jack Mouse’s new album, Range of Motion, which includes songs written for or dedicated to the great Bunky Green, ’50s innovator John LaPorta, Henry Mancini and Shelley M…
Midwest Record (Chris Spector)
A Chicago drummer that’s played with everyone, including an impressive roster of the classic cats, puts out a set of originals that rivals anything in the classic Bluenote or Verve canon. Smoking sitting down jazz, the light here is on a crew of Chicago cats that gets a fine chance to show the rest of the world they are all world class players as …
