Wednesday, January 2, 2013

#686 Lee Morgan - Sidewinder

Usual disclaimer: know fuckall about jazz.

This, though, I like: briskly-paced, brimming with style and intrigue, melodic and beautiful, bristling with energy, full of insistence on movement. Simply one of the most listenable jazz albums I can remember hearing that still sounds complex and mysterious - accessible but unknowable. The runs are punchy, punctuated by good hard little bops, wrapped in agreeable whorls of ostinato. This is what I look for in jazz, whether I know it or not 4.5/5

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