Ricky Sweum - Pulling Your Own Strings

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Ricky Sweum , “Pulling Your Own Strings”
Origin 82539

“Streaming hypnotic lines together one by one, he tells the story of a soul who must sing and does so with unadulterated beauty and intelligence”
- Cicily Janus, author of the New Face of Jazz

Ricky Sweum's debut on Origin Records showcases the saxophonist in a light of gratitude, as he pays homage to one of his musical heroes, Michael Brecker, through a set of finely-tuned originals. Showcasing his talents as a writer and creative force, Sweum leads his band in a direction that is uniquely his own. Sweum has recorded and performed throughout the country, was a member of New York City's jazz scene for over a decade and presently is lead tenor with the U.S. Air Force band, The Falconaires.

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TRACKS:

1 Yesterday’s Tomorrow 5:36
2 Hot Sonny Day 5:03
3 Nice Pants 7:45
4 Pulling Your Own Strings 7:18
5 The Dance of Ettenro 6:46
6 Sunset Iraq 7:38
7 Under Sonny’s Bridge 5:15
8 It’s Indicative 4:28
9 State of Acceptance 7:10
10 Piebald City 5:58
11 Ben & Jerry’s Delight 4:36

PRODUCTION:

Produced by Ricky Sweum
Recorded by Matt Wimdholz, Mile High Music, Denver, CO
on November 1, 2008
Mixed by Bob Dawson at Bias Studios, Springfield, VA
Mastered by David Glasser, Airshow Mastering, Boulder, CO
Photography by Jonathan Betz
Traycard photo by Rick Hyman
Cover design by John Bishop

PERFORMERS:

Ricky Sweum - tenor & soprano saxophones
Wayne Wilkinson - guitar
Jason Crowe - bass
Henrique De Almeida - drums

REVIEWS:

Muszer Oldal - Budapest (Rudolf Radnai)
Translated from Hungarian The young saxophone player who died in 2007 Michael Brecker recommended that the memory of the first album. Intelligent, personal tone of this album, you hear the number 11 on it's own. Sweum mature style of play reveals that the young musician was more than ten years of the New York jazz and is currently the leading fo...

KUVO - Denver (Arturo Gomez)
August 2009 CD of the month Saxophonist Ricky Sweum (rhymes with them) is the lead tenor sax soloist for the U S Air Force Falconaires Big Band, he’s also a former member of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and Gerry Gibbs Thrasher band. Ricky currently resides in Colorado Springs where besides touring with the Falconaires, he’s a member of Denver’s...

All About Jazz (C. Michael Bailey)
There are several similarities between AJ Kluth and Ricky Sweum's Origin Arts recordings. Both recordings find the principals doubling on tenor and soprano saxophones. Both recordings host prominent roles for guitarists, in Sweum's case, Wayne Wilkerson. Both recordings feature a majority of finely crafted jazz originals, fresh as spring and sharp ...

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