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Charles Tyler: Saga of the Outlaws

by Clifford Allen
March 24, 2009

Charles Tyler Saga of the Outlaws Nessa Records 2009

Saga of the Outlaws is just about the most fitting title one could expect for saxophonist Charles Tyler's fifth LP under his own name. Tyler was more than an outlaw (or a gladiator, to paraphrase Stanley Crouch), but unfortunately his name crops up rather rarely in discussions of jazz's historical vanguard. He traversed the Midwest, from Kentucky to Indiana to Cleveland, Ohio where ...