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Lage is a phenom, and not the sort who flashes technique for its own sake. (The two gigs were with John Zorn's New Masada Quartet and in duets with pianist Fred Hersch.)Ĭount me among the eyebrow-raisers. After recently seeing him play twice in three days at the Village Vanguard, where he displayed extraordinary virtuosity, swing, blues, and range, I'm now listening to his albums. I've been late in catching on to Julian Lage, the 33-year-old jazz guitarist who's been raising a lot of eyebrows. Julian Lage, guitar Jorge Roeder, bass Dave King, drumsīlue Note (CD, LP). It did not stop them from spilling their guts. Thomas Conrad In February of 2021, City of Sounds had to be recorded in an empty club, with musicians in masks, separated by plastic barriers. The Smoke Sessions label started in 2014 as a means to document live performances at Smoke, on 106th and Broadway. The only ballad is "Moonlight in Vermont." What it has to do with New York isn't clear, but who cares? Barron renders Sigmund Romberg's melody beautifully, longingly, and then improvises alternative melodies, also lovely. The tunes on City of Sounds are mostly burners because New York is synonymous with energy and because energy and tenacity are now enabling the city to emerge from COVID darkness. Another ass-kicker is Barron's "Bud-Like," a tribute to Bud Powell, who is part of New York's cultural history. Farnsworth, using brushes, could not swing harder. "The Surrey with the Fringe on Top" is ecstatic. It is remarkable that Barron can connect ideas that are flying by so fast. The opening track, "New York Attitude," hurtles into motion. When he makes a rare record as a leader, Farnsworth brings in big hitters, like pianist Kenny Barron and bassist Peter Washington. by staying here and playing whenever and wherever I could to keep the sounds alive." Then New York got rocked, so I wanted to give back. Farnsworth says, "I've learned so much from this city. In New York, the center of the jazz universe, the music stopped in early 2020. The response of drummer Joe Farnsworth is bound up with the city where he has lived for 30 years. Many are direct artistic responses to the crisis. We are at a point in time when most new jazz releases were recorded during the pandemic. Farnsworth, drums Kenny Barron, piano Peter Washington, bass