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Geof Bradfield Quintet: Our Roots

Read "Our Roots" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
October 23, 2015

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 ...

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Geof Bradfield Quintet: Our Roots

Read "Our Roots" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
October 6, 2015

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 ...