as Sonny Rollins says in the liner notes
A Fickle Sonance is a quintessential hard bop outing by Jackie McLean that also offered just a hint of the avant-garde explorations the alto saxophonist was about to embark on in the years to come with the dissonances of the title track’s intro
The 6 standards presented on the album including 'Cherokee
Clark emerged as a ubiquitous presence on Blue Note starting in 1957
Don't You Pay Them No Mind
The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis: The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis 2024-june-big-beat-sale as Sonny Rollins says inImpulse!, 2024 On their Impulse! debut album, Washington DCs experimental jazz punk trio the Messthetics (guitarist Anthony Pirog with drummer Brendan Canty and Joe Lally of iconic band Fugazi) join forces with acclaimed jazz tenor saxophonist, composer and bandleader James Brandon Lewis. Together, they widen the reach of decisive instrumental music through their overlapping of jazz, punk, funk, aggression and innovation. Tracklist & Credits 1LP