Acclaimed sextet One for All makes its much-anticipated return with Big George, its first release in seven years and its 17th.

The album reunites Eric Alexander, Jim Rotondi, Steve Davis, David Hazeltine, John Webber, and Joe Farnsworth, who are joined on three tracks by a very special guest saxophonist, their mentor and hero, NEA Jazz Master George Coleman.

Called “New York’s premier hard-bop supergroup” by JAZZTIMES, One for All has evolved over the course of its quarter-century history from a sextet of young torchbearers to an assemblage of the music’s most revered traditionalists.

Just how in-demand these six artists have become can be traced by the span of time that elapses between albums. 2016’s THE THIRD DECADE followed its predecessor by five years; seven years of that decade have now passed before the band’s long-awaited follow-up, BIG GEORGE.

1. Chainsaw
2. In the Lead
3. Edgerly
4. Oscar Winner (feat. George Coleman)
5. My Foolish Heart (feat. George Coleman)
6. This I Dig of You (feat. George Coleman)
7. Cove Island Breeze (bonus track)
8. The Nearness of You (bonus track)
9. Leemo (bonus track)

On this delightfully impassioned new recording, we are first brought forth the flourishing Chainsaw and the dutifully-paced In the Lead, and they are backed by the smoothly sculpted Edgerly and the euphorically-charged Oscar Winner (featuring George Coleman).

Along next are a couple again featuring Coleman, the languishing My Foolish Heart and the frenetic This I Dig of You, and they are in turn followed by a delightful trio of bonus tracks in the aptly-titled, low slung Cove Island Breeze, the beautifully aching balladry within The Nearness of You, and the playful Leemo neatly closes things out.

Musicians:
Jim Rotondi - trumpet
Eric Alexander - tenor & alto saxophones
Steve Davis - trombone
David Hazeltine - piano
John Webber - bass
Joe Farnsworth - drums
With special guest: George Coleman - tenor saxophone

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