Recorded in NYC on January 6 this year, the cleverly titled Old Knew features five of that city's finest in a programme consisting of eleven of the leader's originals.
Without giving a blow by blow account, it's suffice to say that this is probably going to be one the best of this month's new releases - probably although the contenders are arriving fast and furiously so who knows?
Although it's only Groover's second release as a leader, he displays a rare maturity in both his solos and his writing. At 32, which is relatively young for a Berklee faculty member, he unloads pearls of musical wisdom in his playing that must surely spark off another generation of saxophone players just as the album, on the strength of what Ross is putting down, will launch the careers of aspiring vibes players.
Over a stellar rhythm section, the two frontliners have carved their names in stone with Cornish, Raghavan and Scott queuing up to join them.
Not an album that's going to change the world although the Planet Earth would be a better place if it did. Lance
Spaces; 551; Go For Broke; Rain Shall Fall; Retrograde; Sumner; Good Sir; Juanita and Betty; William and Vinson; Old Knew; Arrivals
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