MICK MCSHANE is roused by a band whose socialism laces every line of every song with commitment and raw passion
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THERE’S a sense of insurgency from these four outstanding outlaws of jazz at Cafe Oto, with their musicianship streaming beyond the frontiers of the expected.
In their 45-minute opener, Paul Dunmall’s tenor and soprano saxophones stretch notes to their limits with a heat and raw beauty.
Yet tenderness is never left behind, nor allusion, as he suddenly switches to the quasi-theme of Erroll Garner’s Misty.
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