One of today's most versatile and in-demand bassists, David Finck has developed into an impressive composer, arranger, and producer. Future Day (Soundbrush Records), his debut CD as a leader, is a superb 12-song set including compositions by Wayne Shorter (Black Eyes), Cedar Walton (Firm Roots), Joe Locke (Appointment in Orvieto), and the leader himself. "I hear music as a spoken language," says David Finck. "When I listen, I'm conscious of the breaths that are taken during a phrase; I hear the vocabulary, the inflection, and the syntax. I listen for all of it."

The musicians who accompany David are all veterans of the jazz scene... vibraphonist Joe Locke, drummer Joe La Barbera (best known as a member of Bill Evan's last trio), and Los Angeles based Tom Ranier. They are joined by two special guests Jeremy Pelt who is a rising trumpeter and Bob Sheppard, another first-call multi-reed player.

The twelve tunes on FUTURE DAY demonstrate not only David Finck's rich, woodsy tone, flawless intonation and time, and an elegant delivery that never wastes a note, but also his imaginative and tasteful solos. FUTURE DAY is an impressive debut by a veteran sideman now stepping into the limelight as a leader.

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