Dan Pratt Quartet at The Side Door Jazz Club

Saxophonist and composer Dan Pratt has been favored as “a powerful player” by Jazz Times, with the Birmingham Times elaborating that, “his style puts him above the rest, as he has a driving force that is unrivaled.” The PA Daily News added, “Pratt is an impressive tenor sax man. Seriously, Pratt's got energy to blow buildings down with his horn and a style that's so elastic he can wrap it all back up together again when he's done.” As a composer, Dan has been called “gifted,” whose compositions have been cited as being “mind blowing” (Birmingham Times), and “a true home run power hitter” (All Music Guide) whose “writing for a band is its principal asset.” (Master of a Small House)...

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Saxophonist and composer Dan Pratt has been favored as “a powerful player” by Jazz Times, with the Birmingham Times elaborating that, “his style puts him above the rest, as he has a driving force that is unrivaled.” The PA Daily News added, “Pratt is an impressive tenor sax man. Seriously, Pratt's got energy to blow buildings down with his horn and a style that's so elastic he can wrap it all back up together again when he's done.” As a composer, Dan has been called “gifted,” whose compositions have been cited as being “mind blowing” (Birmingham Times), and “a true home run power hitter” (All Music Guide) whose “writing for a band is its principal asset.” (Master of a Small House)

Following two critically-acclaimed organ group outings, Dan heads in a new direction on Hymn for the Happy Man, his fourth recording overall and debut for his own Same Island Music imprint. The California native and longtime Brooklyn resident had never recorded a piano/bass/drums quartet record before, and to go in the direction he wanted to go, he felt a need to explore an instrumentation that is such an essential strand to jazz’s DNA. On Hymn for the Happy Man, Dan is backed by the all-star rhythm section of Christian McBride on bass, Greg Hutchinson on drums, and Mike Eckroth on piano. Together, they realize seven well-crafted originals and breathe new life into one well-chosen standard. Look for its release on June 3rd - See him live July 1!

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