Stay Cool

Following the critical and commercial success of his recent The Sound of a Dry Martini, alto saxophonist Brent Jensen presents Stay Cool. Teaming with L.A.-based tenor player David Sills and his compatriots from Martini, bassist Zac Matthews and drummer Dean Koba, they planned Stay Cool as a homage to the work of Lennie Tristano, but the scope evolved into an examination of cool from early Lester Young on through the cool/West Coast sounds of Tristano, Konitz, Lanny Morgan, and Gerry Mulligan. If listeners ever thought of cool as dated music, this CD informs them otherwise; in many ways, this brand of cool is the music of the next minute. Originally released in 2002.