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Jimmy Lyons & Sunny Murray Trio: Jump Up
By Track review of "Riffs # 1"Lyons' untimely passing in 1986 at the age of 55 left a cavernous hole in progressive jazz. yet he broadened the bop vernacular, deriving influences from Charlie Parker and other pivotal jazz denizens. Jump Up reaffirms his vigorous and fluent avant-garde tinged improvisational prowess, where Murray and Lindberg keep pace while often riding atop the pulse.
"Riffs #1" is a prime vehicle, upon which the band can stretch with scorching intensity, operating at a dizzying modality. Here, Lyons builds a quirky theme via punchy and spinning notes. The band exercises fractured and swerving progressions amid a hustling and bustling context, with the rhythm section also seizing the moment, running with one of Lyons' spurious improvisational segments, only to quickly retool and move forward. A few clinical attributes for young improvisers are in order.
The 22- minute piece features an explosive, polyrhythmic solo jaunt by Murray, followed by Lindberg's torrential staccato phrasings, flickering harmonics, and impossibly difficult fingering techniques. Indeed, a significant reissue that provides a highly physical and decisive muse on the art of jazz-based improvisation, as the musicians share a psychic kinship that radiates throughout.
Personnel
Jimmy Lyons
saxophone, altoJimmy Lyons: alto saxophone; John Lindberg: double bass; Sunny Murray: drums.
Album information
Title: Jump Up | Year Released: 2012 | Record Label: Hat Hut Records
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