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| | Doug Lawrence : Soul Carnival - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | This post-bop/hard bop date reinforced what his work as a sideman had shown: the tenor saxophonist may not be an innovator, but he's a convincing, expressive soloist who is well served by such influences as Dexter Gordon and Gene Ammons. |
 | | With Lawrence having done so much big band work, it was nice hearing him in a looser, more intimate quintet setting that includes Ray Macchiarola, pianist Tardo Hammer, bassist John Webber and drummer Leroy Williams. |
 | | Lawrence's choice of material includes some obvious selections (J.J. Johnson's "Lament" and the standard "Indian Summer," for example), but he also unearths a few treasures that hadn't been done to death by jazzmen, including the charming "Stranger In Paradise," Tommy Turrentine's "Light Blue" and Lee Morgan's neglected modal classic "Mr. |
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