Live At The Yardbird Suite
Chronograph, 2024
8/10
Listen to Live At The Yardbird Suite
The 8 piece, traditional jazz band The Way Back Whens brings us the spirit of Louis Armstrong, Bennie Goodman and Django Reinhardt for this energetic and spontaneous live set.
“One More Once” starts the party with Dan Davis’ lively clarinet and Dan Stadnick’s frisky drums making for a dance floor ready opener, and “Sorry ‘bout Your Luck” follows with Audrey Ochoa’s well timed trombone complementing the fluid melodies.
Halfway through, “I Got Rhythm” sure does, where Eric Weiden’s bright trumpet won’t go unnoticed, while “Just A Closer Walk” is an intimate moment of beauty and grace thanks to the soulful brass and Keith Rempel’s strategic bass.
Residing close to the end, “Leda’s Melody” tugs on the heartstrings via the elegant, exploratory horns, and “One Night In Invermere” exits with a busy and dynamic display of strong interplay that allows Dan Gervais’s fiddle to shine.
Even though they’re brand new (this is their debut), The Way Back Whens play old-fashioned music that pairs jazz with Big Band sensibilities that could have been made decades ago and will still sound great decades from now.
Travels well with: Audrey Ochoa- The Head Of A Mouse; Daniel Janke Winter Trio- Available Light