The band on "One Two Three" is Ben Street (bass) and Rodney Green (drums). The band on "Pogo", as well as on "North", is Ben Monder (guitar), Joe Martin (bass) and Ted Poor (drums)
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"Mr. Sabbagh played with untroubled self-assurance [...] Mr. Sabbagh avoided direct allusions to the saxophone totems. What he is working toward, simply and effectively, is a sincerely personal vocabulary." (Nate Chinen, New York Times).
Jerome Sabbagh's new album is a trio recording of standards with bassist Ben Street and drummer Rodney Green called "One Two Three" (Bee Jazz).
The Jerome Sabbagh Quartet, with guitarist Ben Monder, bassist Joe Martin and drummer Ted Poor, a band which focuses on Jerome's compositions, is still going. Their second album, "Pogo" is available on Sunnyside in the USA and on Bee Jazz in Europe. Their debut album "North" (Fresh Sound New Talent) was elected best CD of 2005 by the readers of Jazzman in France and included in the top 10 jazz albums of 2005 by the Ottawa Citizen.
Hello Jerome...toujours un plaisir de passer par ici ! J'écoute "work" à l'instant...et tout l'album d'ailleurs ;-) Encore bravo et à bientôt j'espère Fred