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In past years, Rollins has been accused of fielding a mediocre band to serve as a foil for his spectacular extemporaneous flights. The same cannot be said of his present band. In pianist Stephen Scott and trombonist Clifton Anderson, Rollins has two tremendous talents with which to share feature time...
The sextet opened the concert by launching into Rollins' new calypso "Salvador," from his recently-released album This Is What I Do. Scott provided the first fireworks of the night with his dazzling, percussive piano solo (although his occasionally audible singing served as a distraction in this performance as well...
Every Sonny Rollins album contains the obligatory calypso number and this album opens with an original titled "Salvador." Though entertaining, this piece lacks some of the joyous swagger associated with Rollins' other Caribbean interpretations. Rollins digs marginally further into his improvisatory bag on the two other originals, the funk-infused...
They started out slow, with a playful version of "Sing." Brown's bass didn't seem to swing as hard as it usually does, sounding sparse and lacking depth. However, they found their groove quickly, and the next few tunes found Malone expertly demonstrating the breadth of his capabilities. He...
Green seemed to catch on, answering lyrically with light and effortless swinging solos on the keys. Brown also dug in, and came up with his signature deep, growling bass. The trio breezed through standards like "Black Orpheus," "Sweet Georgia Brown" and "Blues For Junior" while throwing in sly references to...