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Release Date: 25 October 2024
Label: Red Records
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8054154650606
Genres: Jazz
Description
A celebration of the music of Eric Dolphy by Italian band Nexus fronted by saxophonist Daniele Cavallanti and drummer Tiziano Tononi. "All true art is praise", said the English polymath John Ruskin a long time ago. And the action begins here with a great fusillade of approval, with Nexus praising Dolphy praising Monk. Hat And Beard - that's Eric Dolphy's kinetic lightning sketch of the great Thelonious. Like a multi-perspective portrait of a man dancing off the stage and down the road, following his own wayward compass. The Nexus version introduces a linked suite of pieces that brims over with spirit - as does just about everything in the collected discography of Tononi and Cavallanti.
There is a big-hearted quality to their work, always giving credit to their pantheon of heroes but also giving a lot back to the creative music tradition with the originality of their approach and the sheer verve of the playing. In earlier projects, under the Nexus umbrella and otherwise, they have celebrated the work of Ayler, Coltrane, Coleman, Mingus, Carter, Gilmore and many others. And now Dolphy." STEVE LAKE (from liner notes)
Tracklisting
Art Pepper
Joe Henderson
Johnny Dyani
Woody Shaw Quintet
Victor Lewis Quintet
Ronnie Mathews
Fred Hersch, Steve La Spina, Jeff Hirshfield & Jerry Bergonzi
Bobby Watson Quartet
Nexus
