Four Quartets

By Patrick Burnette | Jazz Bastard
August 19, 2021
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Dry the pool, dry concrete, brown edged, And the pool was filled with water out of sunlight, And the lotos rose, quietly, quietly, and said shooby dooby doo—er, well, maybe not according to T. S. Eliot, but those aren't the four quartets we're talking about. Instead, we've got a mix of progressive and nostalgic takes on a jazz combo format as old as time and much, much hipper than "Cats."

Playlist

Discussion of Michael Marcus, Joe McPhee, Jay Rosen & Warren Smith's album Blue Reality Quartet (Mahakala Music) 3:30
Discussion of Horizon Quartet's album Horizon Quartet (PM Records) 23:25
Discussion of Mike Clark & Michael Zilber's album Mike Drop (Sunnyside) 37:05
Discussion of Bruce Harris's album Soundview (Cellar Music Group) 52:10
Pop Matters 1:09:06

About Bruce Harris

Instrument: Trumpet

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