{"id":10388,"date":"2016-06-03T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=10388"},"modified":"2013-05-13T03:35:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-13T10:35:00","slug":"sunnie-paxson-bohemian-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/?p=10388","title":{"rendered":"Sunnie Paxson &#8211; Bohemian Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Pianist Sunnie Paxson gives a stellar performance on her latest CD titled\u00a0<i>Bohemian Sun<\/i>. The recording features her performing in a variety of formats (from solo to septet) accompanied by an array of highly talented musicians. Among them is the multiple GRAMMY Award-winning executive producer\/bassist\/composer Stanley Clarke who also signed Ms. Paxson to his Roxboro Entertainment label. Ronald Bruner, Jr. plays drums, while such respected musicians as percussionist Munyungo Jackson, drummer Michael White, vocalist Rod Maurice and a four-member string quartet make guest appearances on selected tracks.\u00a0 Ms. Paxson wrote 7 of the 13 compositions on the recording. Two originals by Herbie Hancock and Stanley Clarke (\u201cDolphin Dance,\u201d and \u201cThree Wrong Notes\u201d respectively), plus 4 traditional jazz compositions round out the program.<\/div>\n<p>Sunnie Paxson\u2019s modern jazz sound is upbeat and intriguing. The songs sound as if they were recorded live because of the spontaneity and invigorating quality of the sound. \u00a0On \u201cDuke Ellington\u2019s Sound of Love,\u201d Ms. Paxson plays solo and communicates this rarely heard Charlie Mingus classic with a very personal and intimate feeling. This solo discovery is one of the best performances on the recording. By contrast, Ms. Paxson\u2019s performance in a trio setting with Stanley Clarke on bass and Ron Bruner, Jr. on drums is quite assessable. Together their interplay on such songs as \u201cSeabound,\u201d \u201cDolphin Dance,\u201d and \u201cThree Wrong Notes,\u201d gives the listener a complete listening challenge and sentimental appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStella By Starlight,\u201d \u201cSomething for Nothing\u201d and \u201cOne Step Beyond\u201d all lend themselves to classical music and love themes. The movements and phenomenal bowed bass solo by Clarke in \u201cStella By Starlight\u201d and \u00a0the addition of a string quartet (whose music was arranged by Sunnie Paxson) to the latter two songs feature commendable performances by Ms. Paxson. Each of these songs provides a glimpse into the borderless creativity of Ms. Paxson who makes the challenge of creating dozens of songs for\u00a0<i>Bohemian Sun<\/i>\u00a0seem easy.<\/p>\n<p>Her winking nod to Javad Maroufi on \u201cKhabhaye Talaei\u201d is a further expression of Paxson\u2019s ingenuity which spans from the modern sounds of contemporary jazz to this dynamic interpretation of Maroufi\u2019s beautiful music. Overall,\u00a0<i>Bohemian Sun<\/i>\u00a0puts the woman behind the music directly in the spotlight and there you will find a diverse musical personality whose interesting perspectives and renditions will make you an instant fan. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B005JLN8YA\/thesoundsoftimel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Buy\u00a0<i>Bohemian Sun\u00a0<\/i>today.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reprinted with permission of&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundsoftimelessjazz.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Sounds of Timeless Jazz\" alt=\"Sounds of Timeless Jazz\" src=\"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/sotjlogo.gif\" width=\"470\" height=\"70\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pianist Sunnie Paxson gives a stellar performance on her latest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10388"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10388\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10390,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10388\/revisions\/10390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jazzusa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}