James Farm Quartet: James Farm – review

(Nonesuch)The two-year-old co-operative James Farm – saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Eric Harland – have the look of a postbop supergroup. Improvisationally, they sound like that, too, particularly with Redman's slow-burn subtlety and purity on ballads, and agility and punch on fast pieces. The faster stuff reflects a similar expressive breadth from rising star Parks. Familiar American-bop, note-splattering swagger is varied by melodies with...

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