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David Bass: Gone

by Karl Ackermann
August 11, 2010

If Dave Bass ever decides to give up his day job as a Deputy Attorney General, he can validate that decision based on the quality of Gone. Bass returns to jazz after more than twenty years, but his priors include stints with Bobby McFerrin, global percussionist Babatunde Lea, and interpretive jazz vocalist Jackie Ryan. His Gone quartet boasts of former colleague, Lea, legendary saxophonist Ernie Watts, and veteran bassist Gary Brown. With one exception, the eleven tracks are Bass compositions, ...