Benny Rubin Jr. Quartet: Know Say Or See

Detroit bred tenor and alto saxist Benny Rubin delivers some soulful post bop with his team of ianist Lex Korten, bassist Adam Olszewki and drummer JK Kim for a mix of originals and modern melodies. On alto, he has a fun ride on Horace Silver’s vintage “Kiss Me Right” while his tenor glows on a rich take of “Darn That Dream”. His own material ranges from a drenched in blue “Know” to a dark “Say” with an aria of a bel canto deliver on “Or See” with Olszewki adding a jivey beat to the hepster “Kown They Go”. The team stretches out for a couple of the pieces, with some nice full fisted work by Korten on “Flint Water Crisis”. Strong motor city madness.

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