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ATALAYA is new work by bassist Dezron Douglas, and it is alive. That is, ___alive__ in all the ways that jazz is at its best ___ as a pure and personal expression of Black Music channeled through time-honored traditions by a group of musicians who practice sonic coherence through musical unity. As Dezron puts it in the opening statement of his liner notes for the album: ___Mysticism, Magic, Faith, Love, Power, Discernment! These are words that embody the creative process of Music._
With Emilio Modeste on saxes, George Burton on keys, and Joe Dyson Jr. on drums, Dezron__s crew summons the dynamism of Coltrane__s classic Quartet, or Dave Holland__s Quintet on Prime Directive, or Charles Mingus on Nostalgia In Times Square___ swinging virtuosically and firing on all 4 cylinders. But there__s nothing remotely revisionist here ___ Dezron and his quartet embody poetry, presence, artistic and emotional clarity in every note they play. Free and dissonant, sweet and consonant, sweeping and pure___ This is the band you hope is playing every time you walk into a club.__
Credit:__International Anthem Bandcamp
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