Michael Dease: Grace – review

(Jazz Legacy)Michael Dease commands an impossibly velvety tone and stupendous technique – a combination guaranteed to scare the life out of other young trombonists. For the rest of us, he has a graceful turn of phrase and an adventurous approach to some unusual material. Who would have thought that Miles Davis's "Four" would work perfectly as a slow ballad? Or Bix Beiderbecke's "In a Mist" break down into a fascinating set of abstract patterns? With half the New York A-team in support, includ...

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