Bob Sneider, Joe Locke Film Noir Project／Nocturne For Ava (2009, Origin)

 

Bob Sneider & Joe Locke: Film Noir Project

Nocturne for Ava

2009, Origin

John Sneider　trumpet Grant Stewart　tenor saxophon Bob Sneider　guitar Joe Locke　vibes Paul Hofmann　piano Martin Wind　bass Tim Horner　drums Luisito Quintero　percussion “...a gorgeously melodic and thematically cohesive work.”

Through the richly textured scores of noir classics and movie music from Michel Legrand,

Duke Ellington & Johnny Mandel, guitarist Bob Sneider and vibist Joe Locke add their provocative

originals and arrangements to spin a darkly romantic tale that swings and slithers with a moody elan.

The top-flight band with Tim Horner, Paul Hofman & Martin Wind in the rhythm section,

saxophonist Grant Stewart and John Sneider on trumpet, immerses itself in the melancholy of

Locke's arrangement on "Laura," and in the title cut, his gorgeous lament for Ava Gardner, and

captures a seductive swing onEllington's "Flirtbird" from Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder.