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Geof Bradfield Quintet: Our Roots
by C. Michael Bailey
Tenor saxophonist Geof Bradfield's inspiration for Our Roots came from Clifford Jordan's Huddie LeadBelly" tribute, These are my Roots: Clifford Jordan plays Leadbelly (Atlantic, 1965). While there is a bit of overlap in material from both recordings, Bradfield adopts a very different format for his presentation. Jordan employed a standard jazz rhythm section, while Bradfield eschews ...
Geof Bradfield Quintet: Our Roots
by Dan McClenaghan
Discussing roots" in the context of jazz, a good starting point is the Mississippi delta, down in New Orleans, where the music of trumpeters King Oliver and Louis Armstrong grew strong. And then there's the rich earth of the delta in north western Mississippi, up near Clarksdale, where the blues grew and blossomed. The roots from ...