Individually arranged updates of known or forgotten Jazz classics. Since 2005 the Grammy-nominated tenor and soprano saxophonist Tim Armacost as well as David Berkman (piano) and Gene Jackson (drums) with changing bass players of the refreshment and Modernization of well-known or forgotten jazz classics. As the bandleader explained, two motifs are decisive in the choice of songs: "One is to discover a beautiful standard you haven't heard before; the other is finding something well known, then portraying it differently." For "Heaven Steps To Seven" - the title refers to Miles Davis' 1963 album "Seven Steps To Heaven" - selected the New York quartet will select eight standards, including Leonard Bernstein's "Tonight" and "I Love You" by Cole Porter, and transformed them into very individual arrangements never heard before. After Michael Janisch and Daiki Yasukagawa took the position on the double bass during the recordings of Ugonna Okegwo. He has accompanied Armacost, Berkman and Jackson on several previous US tours. "Heaven Steps To Seven" is NYSQ's seventh album. Like its predecessor it is released by Whirlwind.
