A bandleader can command with his ego or he can direct from his
heart. At the top of his game after twenty-plus years of musical
experience, it‘s obvious that Jeremy Pelt, his exceptional talents as a
trumpeter and composer accounted for, has tapped into a generous
and encouraging spirit and built Make Noise! from the band up. That
is, Pelt‘s four handpicked musical compatriots were fully expected
to bring a firm artistic identity and fertile ideas to the game, which
not surprisingly, each offered in abundance. Allowing his bandmates
to shine only thru greater light on their intuitive leader. In addition
to leading his own bands since the turn of the new millennium, Pelt
worked with such legendary jazz veterans as Johnny Griffin, Cedar
Walton, Wayne Shorter, James Moody and Louis Hayes. Throughout
Make Noise!, Pelt incorporates his accumulated knowledge of still
vital jazz conventions, while also blending dynamic contemporary
rhythmic and harmonic ploys in to the mix.
Jeremy Pelt – trumpet
Victor Gould – piano
Vicente Archer – bass
Jonathan Barber – drums
Jacquelene Acevedo – percussion
