Odean Pope: Odean's List | CD Review

(In and Out)Philadelphia saxophonist and one-time Max Roach sideman Odean Pope might be in his 70s, but remove anything flammable within range of the speakers when this incandescent record gets going. On the face of it, it's a high-class postbop session delivered by American giants, including saxophonist James Carter and drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts. But Pope's own mix of hard-swinging guttural lyricism and free-sax multiphonics puts it in a different class; imagine a hybrid of Sonny Rollins, Joe L...

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