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Human Spirit
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Human Spirit
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Trumpeter
has always been one of the brightest stars in the
stables, and his
album wanders through extremities of both speed and composition before it's through. This is a rare album that showcases all of the players at their highest levels, in both solo formats and intertwined.
and saxophonist
(who appears in many combination with
) mingle their lines regularly, playing off one another in a sort of post-bop mirroring of the
and
interplay.
works his way back and forth from post-bop into something closer to electronica on the Hammond B-3. Drummer
holds up the rhythm in a bass-free quartet, and occasionally works in more grandiose flourishes, while each piece here (the tracks are primarily originals from
, but also include a
piece and a
piece) contributes something of a different mood, thereby showcasing different aspects of the ensemble's playing abilities (a growling organ in
a bubbling organ in
). This is the key to the album -- the mix of styles and spotlighted abilities created by a set of top-flight players in their primes working together. ~ Adam Greenberg