Assif Tsahar / Cooper-Moore / Hamid Drake

Assif Tsahar / Cooper-Moore / Hamid Drake: Lost Brother

by Jeff Stockton
February 12, 2006

For a saxophone trio to get itself noticed these days, it needs a gimmick, a hook, something special to set its sound apart. The trio on Lost Brother has three. Saxophonist Assif Tsahar improves with every outing and wisely varies his attack by playing as much bass clarinet on this disc as tenor. Drummer par excellence Hamid Drake is as fluent as ever on the drum kit, Indian tabla and African frame drum. And Cooper-Moore, best known for the piano, ...