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1.
Kaleidoscope 07:10
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2.
Garrigue 04:10
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3.
The Soccerbal 06:35
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4.
Little Prayer 04:19
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5.
What a Difference a Day Makes 05:10
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Antonini 05:37
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Droolin' 05:30
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8.
Ballad for Barbara 05:19
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Ah Leu Cha / Scrapple from the Apple 05:07
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10.
It Never Entered My Mind 06:43
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11.
Early Morning Blues 06:21
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12.
Song for My Lady 04:58
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13.
Pete's Repeat 04:23
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about

"I don't know when I've heard music more eloquent as a language of wit, wisdom and passionate beauty."
Hugh Fraser, The Hamilton Spectator

The Soccerball is a reunion of three jazz artists who have worked well together before. Martin Wind and Matt Wilson have been part of Bill Mays Trio CDs. Returning the kindness, Mays and Wind have appeared with Wind on one of his albums. Tenor sax player Peter Weniger is the newcomer, although Weniger and Wind were members of the Cologne Concert Band. Weniger brings a set of winning credentials, having nine CDs out as a leader as well as working with a large bag of jazz practitioners. The use of "Vs." in the title implies that this is a contest or confrontation. Not at all. The two main players collaborate on bringing out the best points of a play list dominated by originals by each of the four participants, with three non-original works added to bring familiarity to the session. Listen to Weniger's lyrical, Lester Young-like light-fingered tenor on "Garrigue," as the tenor sax man works atop Wind's favorable basslines. A modern take of Charlie Parker's "Ah-Leu-Cha/Scrapple From the Apple" allows all of the participants to express their special ideas within the framework established by Parker. For sheer rhapsodic pleasure, the group's treatment of "It Never Entered My Mind" takes the honor for the album, as Weniger's tenor soars over the melody line and Mays adds his usual amicable and energetic technique. The track also reveals their disposition to treat each piece with a certain amount of esteem, not letting things get unduly raucous or cacophonous. This CD offers more than 70 minutes of engaging jazz, mostly originals with improvisational ideas that stay within the bounds of the themes for each piece of music. Nothing earth-shattering here. Just good solid jazz musicianship.

AllMusic Review by Dave Nathan

This band is the working trio of Bill Mays plus Berlin-based tenor saxist Peter Weniger. They play a mix of originals and a couple of standards. They are all most excited about this project. Bill says: "My goal is to communicate. I want to write and play music that will move the audience, that comes both from the heart and the head, that shares something of my life's experience." This CD contains great swinging mainstream jazz shaped by four talented writers and players.

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released January 23, 2021

Peter Weniger - tenor sax
Martin Wind - bass
Bill Mays - piano
Matt Wilson - drums

Recorded September 29, 2001 in New York City.

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Peter Weniger Hamburg, Germany

Peter Weniger (* 1964 in Hamburg) is a German Jazz saxophonist, composer, and producer.
He toured and/or recorded with David Friedman, Jasper van’t Hof’s “Pili Pili”, Billy Cobham, Maceo Parker, Eddie Palmeri, Lionel Richie, Django Bates, Mike Stern, Leni Stern, Samuel Torres, Andreas Kissenbeck’s “Club Boogaloo”, John Abercrombie, Rufus Reid, Adam Nussbaum, David Liebman, and Peter Herbolzheimer. ... more

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