Jazz Articles about Larry Johnson

Larry Johnson: Circles

by Nicholas F. Mondello
April 27, 2010

Circles are infinitely symbolic in their geometric design and interpretation--no beginning and no end, directionally ambiguous, enclosing an extended infinite inner dimensional space. In Circles, his first CD as a leader, tenor saxophonist Larry Johnson steps up to deliver a dozen fine selections displaying that he's definitely no musical square. He sounds as if he knows where he's headed musically --and that direction will not be going around endlessly in a never-ending artistic circle.

Long a presence on the St. ...