One up, two back - John Doheny Quintet's debut CD

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John Doheny Quintet- "One Up, Two Back" released Sept.26th 2002 . John Doheny: Tenor Saxophone. Norm Quinn: Trumpet and Flugelhorn. Ridley Vinson or Tony Foster: Piano and Wurlitzer Electric Piano. Allan W. Johnston: Bass. Stan Taylor: Drums. Colleen Savage: Vocals

Available at Black Swan Records, 3209 West Broadway, Vancouver B.C.
and
The Magic Flute, 2203 West 4th Avenue, Vancouver B.C.

The CD is now also available online at Johndoheny.com (http://www.johndoheny.com/index.html) and www.louisianamusicfactory.com

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The John Doheny Quintet
One Up, Two Back

Tenor saxophonist John Doheny is a native of Vancouver, Canada who makes his home in the Crescent City these days, doing graduate work in jazz history at Tulane.

Most of the nine tracks on this disc are in the five-to nine-minute range, allowing him and the other musicians in his quintet ample time to strut their stuff, and they do. Backed by Norm Quinn on trumpet and flugelhorn, Ridley Vinson on acoustic and electric piano, Allen Johnston on acoustic bass, and Stan Taylor on drums, Doheny and company kick up quite a storm. At times they even sound like Trane's immortal quartet, with the addition of the trumpet/flugelhorn. On the standard, "Once in Awhile," Doheny really cuts loose, showing off his range, versatility and mastery of his instrument's full capabilities, while on the closing track, "Perdido," he launches into a Coltrane-like improv solo. Antonio Carlos Jobim's "Dindi" and the Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne standard "Time After Time," feature the smoky, sultry vocals of Colleen Savage. There's even a little humor thrown into the mix here, with "Attack of the Killer Chalmations" as one of the song titles (Maybe they've been breathing those toxic refinery fumes too long).

- Dean M. Shapiro

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PLANET JAZZ.

The International Music Review.

vol. 6 Winter/Spring 2003


The John Doheny Quintet One Up, Two Back
JDQ Records 618551
Vancouver,
British Columbia
Reviewed by Ben Maycock

With One Up, Two Back, Vancouver saxophonist John Doheny offers up a little West Coast hip. It bops and swings and slides with an energy more in tune with a gig recording than a studio session. From the frenetic opening of the title track to the final off-kilter note on "Perdido" there's a nice club feel to the whole package. This is not your cafe jazz.

Doheny's touring background in support of innumerable R&B legends pays big dividends here in this debut jazz recording. Throughout the CD there is a level of earnest showmanship, a display of substance rather than of flash, and the quintet buys into it. Trumpeter Norm Quinn, pianist Ridley Vinson, bassist Allan W. Johnston and drummer Stan Taylor each manage to shine without distracting from the whole.

Of note is a guest appearance by vocalist Colleen Savage of Mother of Pearl. Though her early appearance on Jobim ' s "Dindi" seems to disrupt the initial flow, it is more than made up for in the superb rendition of "Time After Time."

Besides five cover tunes there are four original compositions included in the mix. The honesty and humor inherent in each bodes well for the future. Doheny possesses the skill both as a leader and as a player and it will be interesting to see where he takes us.

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