1 - Springfield
2 - Rain
3 - Noah's Little Play Song
4 - Four In One
5 - Here Today
8 - Stablemates
“Jeff Antoniuk's new CD Here Today is a wonderful
recording full of craziness and grace.”
Jeff Coffin, Grammy Award winning saxophonist
(with Bela Fleck & the Flecktones)
On the national jazz charts for over 11 weeks, and the #3 jazz album in Canada (March 2007), Here Today is a burning CD by the hottest working jazz band in the Washington DC area. Saxophonist Jeff Antoniuk and his group, The Jazz Update, are a who's who of jazz names from the mid-Atlantic, with more than 100 albums recorded between them.
Here Today shows the Update serving up their first group recording in fine style. Constantly walking the tightrope between tradition and the 21st century, The Jazz Update is a good place to start if you're looking for the state of acoustic jazz in the new millennium,
Jeff Antoniuk has spent his musical career at the musical intersection of acoustic jazz and R&B. In January 2007, he was on the Smooth Jazz Cruise, playing with bass greats Marcus Miller and Wayman Tisdale. On the acoustic jazz side, Jeff is a journeyman bandleader and sideman, playing with names like Bobby McFerrin, Freddie Hubbard, Kenny Wheeler and Natalie Cole.
Personnel:
Jeff Antoniuk - tenor and soprano sax
Dave Ballou - trumpet and flugelhorn
Wade Beach - piano
Tom Baldwin - bass
Tony Martucci - drums
