Something We All Know

Rooney/Boylan Quartet “Something we all know” Innovation is an idea that jazz holds dear to its heart. Lester Young flirted it with it, Charlie Parker boldly grasped it and John Coltrane embodied the very essence of it. Every jazz musician, to greater or lesser extents, feels the weight of these masters, and of this ideal. Not only must we attempt to master the music laid down by these giants, we must boldly stride toward innovation also - building on what has gone before with new compositions that push the boundaries. We tried in this album, however, to furrow a somewhat different path. Since jazz began, songs from stage and film were the improvising ‘fodder” of the jazz musician.