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Heads of State: Search For Peace

Read "Search For Peace" reviewed by C. Andrew Hovan

by C. Andrew Hovan
August 31, 2015

Much like another group of distinguished jazz veterans, namely The Cookers, the premise here was a simple one. Get together a crew of like-minded musicians with a track record of shared experiences and see where the music takes things. The genesis for Heads of State was a three-day homage to McCoy Tyner last fall at Smoke where pianist Larry Willis led this very quartet. The group, which also includes saxophonist Gary Bartz, bassist Buster Williams, and drummer Al Foster seemed ...