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George Cotsirilos Quartet: Refuge

by Jack Bowers
June 18, 2022

At a troubling and turbulent time, when many jazz albums seek to convey a “message," the only statement that Chicago-bred, San Francisco-based guitarist George Cotsirilos and his able quartet wish to make on Refuge is that swing remains king in their domain, wielding its magisterial influence over ten of Cotsirilos' sunny compositions and arrangements. Even when Cotsirilos eases back on the accelerator, as he does on “The Three Doves" and “Smoke Signal," an undercurrent of persuasive rhythms ...