Noah Preminger - Ballads (2025) [Official Digital Download]

Balladry becomes Noah Preminger. And that may come as a surprise to some. Over the past seventeen years and about as many releases, this critically-acclaimed tenor saxophonist has often made his mark going the opposite way—in myriad bold-and-beyond settings where he's thrown haymakers with precision, explored duo dynamism with bassist Kim Cass, pushed the envelope through the demanding music of Steve Lampert, or investigated the gravity of the delta blues with a probing mindset. Yet there's something about his softer side that, when occasionally revealed, has proven just as compelling as those boundary-stretching pursuits. That truth was made evident on airy offerings like the classic title track from his Some Other Time (Newvelle, Records, 2016); it came into central view with Whispers and Cries (Red Piano Records, 2018), a spellbinding standards date with pianist Frank Carlberg; and it's abundantly clear on this lovely, unhurried affair.

TRACKLIST

1. Noah Preminger - Stan's Mood
2. Noah Preminger - Carry Me Ohio
3. Noah Preminger - Unfair World
4. Noah Preminger - In Our 20s
5. Noah Preminger - Democracy
6. Noah Preminger - Pneu
7. Noah Preminger - Someone To Watch Over Me



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