In the new issue of Philadelphia Weekly:
Steve Lehman Trio
Sun., Apr. 15, 8pm. Free. The Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St. 215.573.3234 www.arsnovaworkshop.org
Steve Lehman came to town last year and performed his “Nos Revi Nella” for alto sax and string quartet. That’s backwards for Allen Iverson — a man Lehman sees not just as a point guard but a great “spatial improviser.” Basketball as music? It makes sense when one hears Lehman’s skewed abstract rhythm and surging forward momentum, well captured on his 2009 octet disc Travail, Transformation and Flow. On his new Dialect Fluorescent, Lehman pares down to trio and deconstructs music by Coltrane, Duke Pearson and Jackie McLean, in addition to his own. Bassist Chris Tordini subs for Matt Brewer on what will be a flame-throwing album release gig. — David R. Adler
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