“I Got One More!”
short notes
“Music
for the jazz impurist” is how veteran
Berkeley, California bassist, bandleader, and
composer Kurt Ribak describes his work. His
music is
danceable yet also excites jazz fans.
Dance-inspired
rhythms
anchor the 10 original tunes on I
Got One More!, Ribak’s fourth album as a leader. Grooves
range from swing,
reggae, and bossa nova to bolero, boogaloo, greasy funk, and
South
African-spiced soca. Ribak’s compositions reflect the influence
of Charles Mingus,
Cannonball Adderley, and Abdullah Ibrahim.
Ribak
is surrounded on I Got
One More! by
some of the San Francisco Bay Area’s most empathetic
instrumentalists.
Keyboardist Greg Sankovich, saxophonist Lincoln Adler, and
drummer Alan Hall
play on every track. Trombonist-trumpeter Ross Wilson,
percussionist Michaelle
Goerlitz, and guitarists Tony Marcus and Jinx Jones also make
notable
contributions.
The
album represents a triumph of the human spirit. It is the
bassist’s first
recording since his left arm was mangled in a horrific accident.
Ribak
confronted the possibility he might
never play again, but a year and seven surgeries later, he was
back at his
bass, having re-learned to play with his still-damaged
hand.
I
Got One More! is the musically rewarding result of that
remarkable comeback.
--Lee
Hildebrand, longtime contributor
to the San Francisco
Chronicle
Featuring: Greg Sankovich, Lincoln
Adler, Ross Wilson, Kurt Ribak, Michaelle Goerlitz, Alan Hall
Special Guests: Tony Marcus, Jinx Jones
All compositions by Kurt Ribak