The Voscoville

13 Tracks 1 Disc

1. The Resilient
2. Ordinance
3. Upfront
4. Curtains
5. Upfront
6. 341 North
7. Uptown Touchdown
8. Feature Steve
9. Premonition
10. Can't Get Me
11. Chillin' In My Robe On New Year's Day
12. The Voscoville
13. Stompin' At The Savoy

"Throughout Jasen Weaver’s The Voscoville, there is a sense of history and references to the big band and bop genres within jazz. This is probably because Jasen is steeped in New Orleans music, but also because it is naturally part of his being. There is familiarity in the patterns of band-solo-band full and deeper – but the counterpoint rhythms, interceptions of disharmonic chords on occasion and some absolutely wonderful atonal runs are also indicative of someone who is very aware of more modern jazz themes and uses these to enhance his basics.

Jasen has the authority and privilege to surround himself with talented and also serious musicians. You can hear Monk, maybe Shorter and definitely NOLA in these tracks. More than that, you hear the heart of a young jazz musician who, if these is his first release of his own composition and arrangements, we are definitely going to be hearing more of."

-Sammy Stein, Something Else! Reviews