Roy Suter & Don DePascale
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Roy performs regularly with Don DePascale in the New York metropolitan area.
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About Roy & Don
Don DePascale & Roy Suter are two veteran musicians that have been creating a "buzz" among the jazz community. Don DePascale on trumpet & flugelhorn and Roy Suter on piano and keyboards have released a CD that is a fitting vehicle for demonstrating their superb abilities.
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Playing for Keeps
How much music can two guys make? Let your ears be the judge. You may be surprised. People are used to the melodically thick sounds that result when groups of four or more musicians collaborate. For their debut CD, Don DePascale and Roy Suter demonstrate that they can create a rich and musically complex body of work without the use of overdubbing or other artificial recording studio enhancements. Hearing them for the first time, people are frequently amazed to learn they're hearing the product of only two musicians.
DePascale, heard on trumpet, cornet and flugelhorn can cite influences as diverse as jazz legend Lennie Tristano and the Tonight Show band--though its his hearing at a very young age Miles Davis playing with Charlie Parker that remains the most profound influence on his musical direction. Suter's versatile keyboard style has served him well in a variety of musical contexts, including stints in the 70s and 80s with such varied groups as Mercury recording artists Creation and the acid-rock group Sir Lord Baltimore, as well as Pickwick/Delite recording artists Zakariah. He's also played with such varied musicians as Bill Frisell, T.M. Stevens, Phyllis Hyman and Claudio Roditi. But it's the early influence of jazz greats such as Herbie Hancock and Chick Corea that is more evident in the set presented here.
Whether tackling the cool, cerebral melodies of a classic Miles Davis composition ("All Blues, "So WHAT"), or the buoyant, bossa-nova rhythms of an Antonio Carlos Jobim selection ("Triste"), the veteran pair's combined years of musical experiences come to the fore in a sound that is confident, original and complete.
How much music can two guys make? Let your ears be the judge.