Alex Garnett: Serpent – review

(Whirlwind)Like the late Michael Brecker in the US, British saxophonist Alex Garnett has spent a couple of decades helping other people's music to sound good (he's worked with everybody from the Stones to Humphrey Lyttelton) before stepping into the limelight himself. This New York-recorded session of original pieces with a terrific transatlantic quartet not only reflects his vast experience, but reveals a compositional sharpness that makes this new solo career look like a long-term one. The i...

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