Adam Lane, Lou Grassi, Mark Whitecage - Drunk Butterfly (2008)

Adam Lane / Lou Grassi / Mark Whitecage
Drunk Butterfly
Clean Feed Records: CF116
http://www.cleanfeed-records.com/disco2.asp?intID=248

* Adam Lane: double bass
* Lou Grassi: drums
* Mark Whitecage: alto saxophone, clarinet

http://www.adamlane.org/
http://www.lougrassi.com/
http://www.erjn.it/mus/whitecage.htm

Reviews
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by Tim Niland

This has been a very good year for saxophone trios, with fine records from Donny
McCaslin, J.D. Allen and Steve Lehman. Add to that list a trio led by bassist
and composer Adam Lane, joined here by Mark Whitcage on alto saxophone and
clarinet and Lou Grassi on drums. This is a lean and strong trio that works well
together, beginning with "The Last of the Beboppers" which is nice raw free-bop,
featuring Whitcage's strong alto saxophone sounding good over swirling bass and
drums. "Sanctum" has a mellow and vaguely Middle Eastern feel, very open
sounding and mysterious as is "Like Nothing Else" which has a low and caustic
bowed bass opening that evolves into an ominous, probing and swirling
improvisation. "Chichi Rides the Tiger" is a strong performance with cool high
sounding reed improvisation. Fast paced and interesting, this is one of the of
the highlights of the disc. "Avanti Galoppi", "Marshall" and especially "Five
O'Clock Follies" from the latter half of the disc are excellent as well,
sounding akin to the tough, streamlined saxophone trios that Sonny Rollins led
in the 1950's. This is interesting music that blurs the intersection between
mainstream and avant-garde jazz in an intelligent and thoughtful fashion.

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by Troy Collins
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=30257

by Stef

di Vincenzo Roggero (it)
http://italia.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=3201

por Yahvé M. de la Cavada (es)
http://www.tomajazz.com/discos/breves.php?d=2008-09-01#lane_grassi_whitecage-dru