Eddie Allen and PUSH The Rhythm (Origin 82940)

Allen makes musical choices that immediately draw you to his sphere: his compositions are loaded with what the London Observer calls "crackle." ...the command of his instrument empowers him to explore places with a direct sense that takes the listener for quite a ride.
WBGO, NYC

With his signature tone—part Lee Morgan fire, part soulful explorer—New York trumpeter Eddie Allen leads PUSH through a vibrant sonic journey on The Rhythm. Joined by saxophonist Jonathan Beshay, keyboardist Misha Tsiganov, pianist Tyler Bullock II, bassist Kenny Davis and drummer EJ Strickland—and featuring trombone legend Steve Turre as special guest—Allen sets out to make music that moves. Always swinging, but unafraid to borrow from Latin grooves, reggae pulses, and urban textures, at its heart lies the unifying force of rhythm—rhythm that transcends age, background or genre. Whether you're tapping your foot, nodding your head, or hanging on every turn of phrase, this is music that connects, resonates and swings through the heart and body.

Track Listing:

  1 The Rhythm 7:31
  2 Between the Darkness and the Dawn 6:06
  3 Maurice's Interlude 1:20
  4 Maurice 6:13
  5 Mood Indigo 4:09
  6 Daybreak 4:19
  7 Worth Saying 6:05
  8 The Journey 7:03
  9 Our Day Will Come 7:22
10 Psalms 150 1:38
11 7 Days 5:27
12 Eve's Deception 7:38
13 Eve's Deception (Shout Reprise) 0:45

All music comp. & arr. by Eddie Allen (Edjalen Music Publishing Co., BMI)
except:
"Mood Indigo" by Duke Ellington (EMI Mills Music, Inc. & Sony/ATV Harmony), arr. Allen
"Our Day Will Come" by Hilliard & Garson (Better Half Music & Universal Music Corp.), arr. Allen
"Maurice's Interlude" by Misha Tsiganov (Tsiganov Music, BMI)

Performers:

Eddie Allen and PUSH:
Eddie Allen - trumpet
Jonathan Beshay - tenor sax
Misha Tsiganov - keyboards
Tyler Bullock II - piano
Kenny Davis - acoustic bass
EJ Strickland - drums

Special Guest:
Steve Turre - trombone

Production Info:

Produced by Eddie Allen
Recorded by David Amlen
at Sound On Sound Studios, Montclair, NJ
November 6 & 7, 2023
Mixed & mastered by David Kowalski
at Teaneck Sound, Teaneck, NJ
Band photos by Nick Carter
Cover design & layout by John Bishop

Reviews of The Rhythm

Paris-Move (Thierry De Clemensat)
Some album titles function as little more than labels. Others act as keys, unlocking the listener's experience almost immediately. This one belongs firmly in the latter category. From the opening moments, the music aligns so closely with its name that it feels less like a concept than a lived reality, sound shaped by memory, movement, and accumulat ...

Making A Scene (Dee Dee McNeil)
New York trumpeter, Eddie Allen, leads this ensemble he calls PUSH through a baker's dozen of tunes, including ten original compositions. The album title "Rhythm People" says it all. The arrangements splash on the scene with mad rhythms. They push the title track ahead in 6/8 time, adding an African flair to the arrangement. A quarter of the way t ...

All About Jazz (Jack Bowers)
Brooklyn-based trumpeter Eddie Allen and his well-groomed sextet, PUSH, truly are Rhythm People, as they prove time and again on Allen's ninth recording as leader of his own group. Whatever the tone or tempo, PUSH swings its merry way through a dozen bright and upbeat tunes, most written and all arranged by Allen, wherein strong and dazzling rhythm ...

DownBeat Magazine (Ted Panken)
4-STARS The Rhythm is Eddie Allen's second release by Push, as the veteran trumpeter calls the septet he first documented in 2014 with slightly different personnel. Allen's nicely juxtaposed, well wrought compositions and arrangements proceed to a broad array of grooves representing the various genres to which he's contributed the full-bodied tone ...