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The Spin Quartet: In Circles
by Dan McClenaghan
2014 has been a stellar year for jazz quartets working without chording instruments--two horns, bass/drums, no piano, no guitar. Trumpeter Tom Harrell released the marvelous a very groove-based Trip (High Note Records); a somewhat old-timey sounding Riverside (Greenleaf Music), featuring trumpeter Dave Douglas; the smoldering and hypnotic The Lathe of Heaven (ECM Records) by the Mark Turner quartet. Add to the list The Spin Quartet's In Circles (Origin Records). Influenced, in a bold, even brash fashion ...
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