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Rhythm is traditionally a key component in music. But especially within the jazz idiom, some groups craft a sound that doesn’t include a drummer. In the tradition of trios led by Art Tatum, Tal Farlow and other greats, Asheville’s Up Jumped Three makes original instrumental jazz with saxophone, guitar and upright bass. The trio’s latest release is a self-titled album.<\/p>\n
As with any jazz group, rhythmically and harmonically, the center is the bass,\u201d says Bryan White, Up Jumped Three’s bassist. \u201cAnd one of the cool things about thinking about time in that way \u2013 everybody is responsible for it \u2013 is that we all<\/i> take on that responsibility to keep up, keep rooted and keep moving.\u201d<\/p>\n
And Up Jumped Three’s music does move. Each of the three musicians \u2013 White, saxophonist Frank Southecorvo and guitarist Tim Winter \u2013 composes for the group. \u201cWe all write independently, but the arranging and the final coloring, so to speak, we do as a group,\u201d explains White. \u201cWhat really makes everything come alive is how we arrange [the music].\u201d<\/p>\n
Improvisation and the open-ended musical values of free jazz greatly inform the trio’s approach, but there’s a sense of structure at work as well. \u201cWe\u2019re all influenced by more modern jazz aesthetics and even classical, in some cases,\u201d White says. \u201cWe\u2019ll sometimes write a fully composed melody section, and then have a separate set of changes to solo on, or we’ll have an unwritten melody section in the middle, where it\u2019s like, ‘Okay, we\u2019ve played the composed portion. Now let\u2019s blow!’\u201d<\/p>\n
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The 14 tracks on Up Jumped Three<\/i> were all recorded live in the studio, with a minimum of post-performance fixes; that approach was essential to preserving the music’s organic feel. White says that a level of unspoken communication is essential to making the trio’s music work in a live setting. \u201cIt\u2019s a balance between listening with your ears and ‘listening’ with your eyes,\u201d he says. \u201cThe communication is musical, but it\u2019s also multi-sensory in a lot of respects.\u201d<\/p>\n
The three musicians have been together as Up Jumped Three for more than five years. And White says that over time he and his band mates have become collectively more willing to experiment musically. \u201cWe\u2019re more comfortable with deconstructing our early tunes and doing new things with them,\u201d he says. \u201cIt’s amazing, the ease with which new things come together. New ideas spring forth, ideas you didn\u2019t think about before.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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