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| | Jessica Jones Quartet: Nod |
 | | Jessica Jones' third quartet album, Nod, opens with an ensemble that sounds deliberately muffled like a 1950s bebop recording, progresses to uber-funk treatment of Jackie McLean and drifts into a bit of vocal poetry appropriate for the Vietnam War peace protests Jones took part in at Berkeleyall within the first three songs. |
 | | The retro sound on the opening Bird's Word is more concept than achievement, but the sound engineering enters the modern age as one of the Jones (I'm guessing it's Jessica, since she headlines the album) shows right away a hard-bop set of chops that lets the listener know this won't be a shallow album. |
 | | Personnel: Jessica Jones, tenor saxophone and piano; Tony Jones, tenor saxophone; Derrek Phillips, drums and vocals; Ken Filiano, bass; Connie Crothers, piano (1, 2, 3); Joseph Jarman, alto saxophone (2, 3) and bass clarinet (5); Mark Taylor, French horn (3, 4, 5); Levi Jones, vocals (3); Candace Jones, vocals (7) |
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