One Sunday in December 2018 bassist/composer/educator Ron McClure brought this - his relatively new group - to the studio (Chris Sulit’s Trading8 in NJ) to record his 17th leader album. McClure’s 30-year-old close collaboration with SteepleChase produced quite a few releases featuring new talents the bassist discovered. This is one of them, introducing Anthony Ferrara a new tenor star freshly out of NYU where McClure teaches. “…Under any circumstances this is quite thrilling and spell-binding music…” (Thorbjørn Sjøgren – JazzSpecial on “Ready Or Not” SCCD 31759)“All of (McClure’s) writing and playing comes from the heart – he is an instinctive player above all…” (The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD)
