Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Trio triumphs

Tony Malaby reminds me a little of Archie Shepp, in tone and propensity to experiment. His consistently interesting “Adobe,” is a pianoless trio affair with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Paul Motian. If you’re a saxophone fanatic, like me, this format really allows the horn player extraordinary room. Malaby takes advantage.

The Sonny Rollins “A Night at the Village Vanguard” two-CD set and Joe Lovano’s “Trio Fascination” with Dave Holland and the late Elvin Jones are two other pianoless sax trios I recommend highly.

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