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| | Frank Strozier : Long Night - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect |
 | | But whether he is leading a quartet or a sextet, Long Night is one of Strozier's most well-planned, well-thought-out albums -- the alto man knows exactly what he is doing on this excellent, if overlooked, LP. |
 | | Leading a cohesive three-saxophone sextet gives Strozier a chance to put his skills as an arranger to use, and he gets an honest-to-God group sound; again, Long Night is hardly a run-of-the-mill blowing date. |
 | | "Pacemaker," a Strozier original, is fast and exuberant, but the tune isn't typical of Long Night on the whole; on most of the material, Strozier is taking some time to reflect. |
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