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Brad Turner Quartet, featuring Seamus Blake: Live at the Cellar
Seamus Blake really brings a lot in with this one. His long, freaky solo in 'Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues-are' smokes with a verve reminiscent of the Mancini band days.
As there are only 7 tracks and approx. 69 minutes, it's easy to guess that every new stop is probed and explored with caustic, instrumental remarks. Intimacy is an overused term today, but the club setting (here at the infamous Cellar) would probably promote such a stereotype, regardless of the amount of muscle on stage.
There's no getting away from 'Exponential' and the smooth strength that plummets through Turner and Blake's small duet among Schyff's continuous tap-tap rhythms, organized between a race and a fox trot. Turner has a moment to himself to go for Miles, while Hubert seems strangely detached, going his own way, though entirely 'with it.' Of the 5, Hubert is the underused brain of the group.
All in all, it's a great, semi-epic piece of non-vocalist jazz from Canada. While it breaks no new ground, the Earth upon which it stands is rich in nutrients and tends to shake like the west coast.
Web site: www.maximumjazz.com
Personnel
Brad Turner
trumpetBrad Turner - trumpet, Seamus Blake - Sax, Bruno Hubert - Rhodes piano, Andre Lachance - Bass, Dylan Van Der Schyff - drums
Album information
Title: Live at the Cellar | Year Released: 2001 | Record Label: Maximum Jazz
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