Liberty Ellman displays his guitar in variety of sounds and settings here in this collection of originals with Steve Lehman/as, Jonathan Finlayson/tp, Jose Davila/tb, Stephan Crump/b and Damion Reid/dr. He mixes it up with Reid as Lehman’s alto sears through “Furthermore” and creates some edgy effects as the rhythm team stays in the pocket on ”Rinocerisms”. His acoustic guitar on the tricky “A Motive” is filled with interesting angles, and he fuzzes up the strings on the rocking “Enigmatic Runner.” The team is able to swing aggressively as Finlayson and Lehman show muscular chops with the leader on “Supercell.” Impressive and sophisticated post bop.
Pi Recordings
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