To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
Joe Lovano and Dave Douglas Sound Prints Quintet
Ronnie Scott's, London
IT'S not often that a US band will begin their gig at a world-renowned jazz venue like Ronnie Scott's with one of its co-leaders declaring about their nation's president: “We're not the Americans who voted for the guy. We're part of the resistance!”
Such were the words of the New Jersey-born trumpeter Dave Douglas at the outset of the performance of the Sound Prints Quintet and they drew applause from almost all those present. The other co-leader, Italian-American tenor saxophonist Joe Lovano, nodded in agreement and, with the quintet playing with such vibrant unity, the sentiments were clearly commonly held.
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Re-releases from Bobby Wellins/Kenny Wheeler Quintet, Larry Stabbins/Keith Tippet/Louis Moholo-Moholo, and Charles Mingus Quintet


