Rocky Winslow

The Rocky Winslow Quartet & Guests: Simple Complications

by Jack Bowers
May 1, 2002

Trumpeter Rocky Winslow’s debut as leader is an enterprising album of assertive post–bop Jazz that is undeniably well–played but sounds much like many other enterprising albums of assertive post–bop Jazz. While almost every track is admirable, none is memorable. Winslow, who wrote five of the eight numbers that comprise the album and solos on all of them, leads a group of able–bodied sidemen and guests who manage to capture one’s interest even when the material is less than absorbing. Alto ...