(Contemporary Jazz) Noah Preminger - Haymaker - 2013, MP3 tracks, 320 kbps

Born in 1986, Preminger grew up in Canton, Connecticut, before going to Hall High School in West Hartford – the institution that produced players from Brad Mehldau to Joel Frahm to Richie Barshay. From the first day he picked up the saxophone, Preminger “knew I’d become a musician,” he recalls....
http://www.noahpreminger.com/html/about.php

The Noah Preminger Group's Haymaker is the tenor saxophonist's third album. Haymaker sees Preminger lead a kindred-spirit band of top-flight players: guitarist Ben Monder, double-bassist Matt Pavolka and drummer Colin Stranahan. The album showcases a brace of fresh Preminger compositions, along with one number penned by Monder, the Annie standard "Tomorrow" and a cover of jam-band rocker Dave Matthews' "Don't Drink the Water." Blending atmosphere and energy, the Noah Preminger Group can remind a listener of the Motian/Frisell/Lovano trio in one tune and the Mark Turner/Kurt Rosenwinkel pairings in the next – even as this band has its own, individual soundprint.

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http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=44611#.UaSiIz7JBcw

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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/arts/music/noah-preminger-at-the-jazz-standard....emc=rss&_r=0

Noah Preminger - saxophone
Ben Monder - guitar
Matt Pavolka - bass
Colin Stranahan - drums