ATALAYA

ATALAYA is new work by bassist Dezron Douglas, and it is alive. That is, Ç_Ç_Ç_aliveÇ_ã_ in all the ways that jazz is at its best Ç_Ç_Ç_ as a pure and personal expression of Black Music channeled through time-honored traditions by a group of musicians who practice sonic coherence through musical unity. As Dezron puts it in the opening statement of his liner notes for the album: Ç_Ç_Ç_Mysticism, Magic, Faith, Love, Power, Discernment! These are words that embody the creative process of Music.Ç_ã

With Emilio Modeste on saxes, George Burton on keys, and Joe Dyson Jr. on drums, DezronÇ_ã_s crew summons the dynamism of ColtraneÇ_ã_s classic Quartet, or Dave HollandÇ_ã_s Quintet on Prime Directive, or Charles Mingus on Nostalgia In Times SquareÇ_Ç__ swinging virtuosically and firing on all 4 cylinders. But thereÇ_ã_s nothing remotely revisionist here Ç_Ç_Ç_ Dezron and his quartet embody poetry, presence, artistic and emotional clarity in every note they play. Free and dissonant, sweet and consonant, sweeping and pureÇ_Ç__ This is the band you hope is playing every time you walk into a club.Ç_Ç_

Credit:Ç_Ç_International Anthem Bandcamp