Drummer Dana Hall Releases Debut

Daily News Headlines (10/29/2009)
Chicago-based drummer Dana Hall will release his debut disc, Into The Light (Origin) on Nov. 17. Hall, the director of the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, has served as a sideman with Joe Henderson, Branford Marsalis and Benny Golson. Trumpeter Terell Stafford, saxophonist Tim Warfield Jr., pianist Bruce Barth and bassist Rodney Whitaker are also featured on the disc, which Hall says was recorded in one afternoon. Six of the tracks on the discs are the drummer's compositions.

"'Into the Light' means a number of different things," Hall said. "It sort of has a religious connotation, when people think of going into the light and what they see when they're at the end of their lives. It can also mean just going into the unknown and having the courage and skill set to explore the unknown. And it can mean someone who's usually a sideman stepping out as a leader and stepping into the light as a composer, which is something a lot of people don't know about me."
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