If, like me, you assumed that Dom Franks' StrayHorn would be, however tenuously, related to the Duke of Ellington's Strayhorn, you'd be wrong! Wrong but not necessarily disappointed. There's a gentle lilt to it that suggests there's more than one way for these cats to swing and they've found it without upsetting any preconceived apple carts.
The addition of the string quartet brings to mind the days when third stream was the new thing. Does your memory go that far back? Well we've moved on from those days when jazz people were prepared to try anything to stem the advance of the new long-haired musical messiahs. Dom Franks, cool of tone, imaginative in execution and a composer for today has created a vision that looks forward without any unnecessary trappings.
Pope impresses on whichever guitar he opts for. Jackson, sound on 5-string electric bass, Steele on Rhodes and Brotherton on drums all contribute to the end product which, if it hasn't already been played would be ideal for Soweto Kinch's late night radio show. Lance
Release date: Sept. 19
Unity Road; Quality (Twin Poles); The Outliers; Lullaby For Yerevan; Full Time Mover; Simple Song (For Jimmy Webb); The Rule of the Blade
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