DOUGLAS FIELD relishes the hard-boiled language, satire and humour of the third and last of the Harlem trilogy
Shimmering ascents/plummeting cadences
CHRIS SEARLE swoons to one of the greats
London Jazz Festival, David Murray Quartet
Pizza Express, Soho
HE was jazz’s prime tenor saxophonist of the post-Sonny Rollins and Wayne Shorter era of the 1970s and ’80s: fiery, passionate and brimming with outstanding musicianship both within and outside the tradition.
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