Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy
Pete Robbins
Featuring: Pete Robbins (as), Sam Sadigursky (ts, cl, bcl), Jesse Neuman (tp), Craig Taborn (Fender Rhodes), Eliot Cardinaux (Fender Rhodes, Nord Electro, Loops), Ben Monder (g), Ryan Blotnick (g), Mike Gamble (g,loops), Thomas Morgan (b), Dan Weiss (d), Tyshawn Sor

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Listening to this music transports you into the distinct musical universe of alto sax/composer Pete Robbins. It is filled with soaring sonic sculptures; ten singular tunes, peppered with his sprightly and beautifully-toned flights of improvisation on alto sax. With this CD -Robbins’ third release as a leader- this grant winning (Chamber Music America’s prestigious “New Works: Creation and Presentation” grant), and critically applauded artist, offers a new chapter to the jazz cannon that reminds us of the vibrancy, originality and prolificacy that is so common in jazz today, particularly in his adopted home of Brooklyn. However, there is nothing common about this brilliant offering from Robbins.

Do The Hate Laugh Shimmy, which borrows its title from a poem by E.E. Cummings, is a highly unique vision/musical statement that has come together with superlative contributions from some of Robbins’ frequent collaborators and friends: Sam Sadigursky (tenor saxophone), Jesse Neuman (trumpet, pedals), Craig Taborn (Fender Rhodes, Nord Electro), Eliot Cardinaux (Fender Rhodes, Nord Electro, loops), Ben Monder, Ryan Blotnick (guitars), Mike Gamble (guitar, pedals, loops), Thomas Morgan (bass), Dan Weiss, Tyshawn Sorey (drums).


“Robbins leads an ambitious ensemble that combines spacious avant-gardism with the melodic punch of rock....[he has] a cool tone and a thoughtfully off-kilter sensibility.”
NATE CHINEN, The New York Times

"As a horn player Robbins has liquid timbre that can remind just how pretty modern jazz can be."
JIM MACNIE - The Village Voice

“The vision and individuality of Pete Robbins…continues to show that jazz is alive and well in the new millennium.”
MARK F. TURNER, Allaboutjazz.com

“Pete can become a force, a real force. He’s confident enough not to do what others might tell him.”
PAUL BLEY

Tracklisting:
01. Fairmount
02. The Hate Laugh Shimmy
03. Anyway, And
04. Everyone Else Is Disappointing Glad To Ask
05. Mid-September And The Five Weeks After
06. Assumpta Est Maria
07. Don’t Clap When You Laugh
08. La Linea
09. Stiff Upper Lip

RECORDED 2007