As I’ve mentioned, I just completed liner notes for Generations, Alex Sipiagin’s forthcoming quartet release on Criss Cross. It’s a tribute to Woody Shaw that, among other things, challenges the idea that tribute albums are necessarily safe and backward-looking things. But don’t take it from me — hear the music when it’s out, and check out the original Shaw source material. Unfortunately, some of it is hard to find, but that’s all the more reason to shine light on Shaw’s unjustly neglected output.
Below is a nice example of what Alex can do when he’s given the floor.
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