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Joshua Kaye Quartet: Live!

by Stephen Latessa
April 8, 2005

It's amazing how much vitality can be imparted to hoary old chestnuts like “Summertime or “Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise when additional percussion is supplied. Suddenly, those familiar old melodies open up and reveal unexpected currents of possibility. The Joshua Kaye Quartet's Live! features takes on a number of standards, including the two mentioned above, fortified with some kinetic Latin swing.

Bongo player Danilo Paiz, who has played with such luminaries as Cal Tjader and Dizzy Gillespie, ...