Present
In 2011 Eskelin formed his latest ensemble, "Trio New York", with Hammond B3 organist Gary Versace and drummer Gerald Cleaver. A renewed interest in early techniques of sound production on the saxophone (sparked by his switch to a vintage instrument) has invigorated Eskelin's musical aesthetic. This group incorporates standard material from the Great American Songbook but in a freely improvised setting. In comparing the group's eponymous recording to an earlier project by Eskelin devoted to the music of saxophonist Gene Ammons ("The Sun Died", 1996), reviewer Ed Hazel wrote "If anything, Trio New York is both subtler and more adventurous, more at home with the music and less self conscious about taking liberties with it."
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