Mark Turner is in excellent form, and blessedly soon after his gruesome accident. Tonight (last night) he played Cachaca with monster guitarist Gilad Hekselman (Joe Martin on bass, Marcus Gilmore drums). If anything Mark sounds hungrier and more technically together than I recall. Gilad’s tunes were resonant, beautiful; “Autumn in New York” had a brilliant tenor cadenza to end it; “Good Bait” — a badass song choice and a very specific sort of improvising challenge — swung hard and prompted explosive creativity all around. It was just one of many quality musical options last night, but I’m glad I went that way.
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