Tom Rainey Obbligato
Untucked In Hannover
2021 - Intakt Records: Intakt CD 360
https://www.intaktrec.ch/360.htm
https://tomrainey./album/untucked-in-hannover

* Ralph Alessi   : trumpet
* Ingrid Laubrock: soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
* Jacob Sacks    : piano
* Drew Gress     : bass
* Tom Rainey     : drums

https://www.ralphalessi.com/
https://www.ingridlaubrock.com/
https://www.jacobsacks.com/
https://www.drewgress.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Rainey

Recorded by Jens Kunze, NDR, at Jazz Club Hannover,
Hannover, Germany, on October 15th, 2018.

Reviews
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By Peter Margasak
https://thequietus.com/articles/30005-hamid-drake-milford-graves-jazz-review

Drummer Tom Rainey loves standards, but he’s not interested in playing them
straight. His quintet Obbligato applies a loosey-goosey touch to the familiar
tunes in its repertoire, which means not only do the members engage in plenty
of improvisation, but also that the arrangements themselves are largely
spontaneous. This live date—with the wonderful Jacob Sacks subbing for Kris
Davis, the band’s usual pianist—captures a spirited performance in Hannover in
October of 2018 that celebrates classic jazz verities while colliding them with
the sort of enveloping spontaneity that’s too often missing in contemporary
jazz. The group insinuates the themes with feints and jabs, sometimes eschewing
clear statements, while at other moments smudging the tunes with elongated
phrases or out-of-sync motion. On a ravishing interpolation of “What’s New” and
“There is No Greater Love” Sacks gingerly traces out the melodies and bassist
Drew Gress whispers the changes while trumpeter Ralph Alessi and saxophonist
Ingrid Laubrock dance around them, intimating and dissecting melodies in often
improvised counterpoint. Rainey masterfully shepherds the entire process,
swinging, making space, but keeping things in line.

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Intakt Records
https://www.intaktrec.ch/rev360.htm

By Dan McClenaghan
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/untucked-in-hannover-tom-rainey-obbligato-intakt-records

By Filipe Freitas
https://jazztrail.net/blog/tom-rainey-obbligato-untucked-hannover-album-review

By Kevin Whitehead
https://www.theaudiobeat.com/music/tom_rainey_obbligato_cd.htm

By Selwyn Harris
https://www.jazzwise.com/review/tom-rainey-obbligato-untucked-in-hannover

Ben Taffijn (nl)
https://www.nieuwenoten.nl/?p=12337

Jan Granlie (dk)
https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/tom-rainey-obbligato/

Da Aldo Del Noce (it)
https://www.soundcontest.com/tom-rainey-obbligato-untucked-in-hannover/

Par Nicolas Dourlhès (fr)
https://www.citizenjazz.com/Tom-Rainey-Obbligato.html

Por Pachi Tapiz
https://www.tomajazz.com/web/?p=54698