Ok, so I'm often being accused of being a Luddite, a mouldy fig or, even worse, a dirty bopper (me and Bruce Turner) when it comes to much of today's 'jazz'. Duke famously said that it don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing and his fellow aristocrat, Count Basie, laid down his ground rules - four beats to the bar and no cheatin'.
Well, there are a lot of things being pushed out these days in the name of jazz that are somewhat removed from those once essential elements and this is one of them - I'm pleased to say!
Reflective, beautifully played music by two musicians so mutually attuned that it comes out as one. They feed off each other beautifully, almost as if they were two lovers which, musicwise, they certainly are.
Damascus may yet be some distance away for me but, at least it is in sight. Check it out - Lance
Available on Imani Records.
Novice Bounce; Dreams of Loving you; I Don't Know; And They Ran Out of Bisquits; Dawn Marie; Variations on the Battle; Variations on Adoration.
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