submitted on Sat, 07/26/2008 - 06:05 in Jazz Group by Mike_Longo Similar media
Pianist Russ Lossing and bassist John Hebert have known each other a long time and have played together on a number of projects, including Lossing's own Phrase 6 (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2005), and, most recently, on the phenomenal "quasi-debut" of Michael Adkins, Rotator (HatOLOGY, 2008).
After talking for a long time about making a duo recording, the two players finally did it, and the exceptional Line Up, is the result. As a player, Hebert's wide-ranging musical instincts allow him to literally adapt to the circumstances at hand, from Gebhard Ullman's brutally intense New Basement Research (Soul Note, 2007) to the ethereal music of Frank Kimbrough and Paul Motian at the Jazz Standard...
Source: allaboutjazz
Author: Budd Kopman
