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Lenny Solomon: Transparency

by Peter Aaron
February 25, 2005

Transparency, Toronto violinist Lenny Solomon's first disc as a leader since 1995's The Gershwin Sessions, finds him helming the sextet of bassist Pat Collins, pianist Phil Dwyer, cellist Wendy Solomon, and the frequently paired Geoff Young and Barry Romberg on guitar and drums, respectively. The champagne-sparkle production of this standards-heavy set fits its title like a silver glove--an attribute that should win Solomon much commercial airplay, if not abroad then at least in his homeland. But while ...