Deelings ~ Darren Barrett Jazz trumpeter Darren Barrett blew me away with his 1999 debut, First One Up. With his second release, Deelings, Barrett is making good on the promise and expectations for greatness as an instrumentalist and composer that he set into motion two years ago. At the risk of being sacrilegious I must say […]
Deelings ~ Darren Barrett We are products of our environment. Darren Barrett chooses his. Strong influences have helped shape the trumpeter’s sound, and he seems determined to allow nothing to affect his choices unless it’s at the very top of the form. Clifford Brown’s legacy appears through two classic ballads. Barrett has refined his tone […]
Deelings ~ Darren Barrett OCEANSIDE, Calif. — Trumpeter Darren Barrett’s seconds CD, both produced by Cincinnati-based-J-Curve, is titled “Deelings,” after his nickname Dee. More importantly, he is dealing some serious, aural smoke in a straight ahead mode from the mother lode, as evidenced only a couple choruses into the first cut, “Creative Locomotion.” Barrett is […]