Joe Lovano & Greg Osby, Friendly Fire - 1h 7m 57s

Tracks & Durations

1. Geo J Lo	6:15
2. The Wild East	6:36
3. Serene	7:25
4. Broad Way Blues	8:08
5. Monk's Mood	4:50
6. Idris	11:31
7. Truth Be Told	5:37
8. Silenos	5:38
9. Alexander The Great	11:52

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Review

Though it boasts the spark and spontaneity of a "blowing session," Friendly Fire is much more than a battle of the saxes. Osby and Lovano share an ability to balance thoughtful and reflective lyricism, muscular drive, and explorative curiosity. Backed by young piano talent Jason Moran and legendary drummer Idris Muhammad, the pair craft an album that manages to be both daring and down home. --Marc Greilsamer The genial competitive fires fanned in almost any two-saxophone encounter rank among the most revered moments in jazz. Although Basie downplayed notions of a rivalry by spacing other soloists in between them, the flames fed by the Count's stylistic opposites--the cool Lester Young and the earthy Herschel Evans--are still being felt today. After the success of 1998's superb Phil Woods and Johnny Griffin date, The Rev & I, Blue Note decided to pair tenor Joe Lovano and alto Greg Osby for Friendly Fire, a summit meeting. Each saxophonist possesses an adventurous harmonic pallet and a love for freely inflected yet swinging rhythmic interplay, as illustrated by their work on "The Wild East" and Ornette Coleman's "Broad Way Blues." Still, as their more reflective playing on "Monk's Mood" and Eric Dolphy's "Serene" illustrates, Lovano and Osby both possess a graceful lyric dimension. Youthful pianist Jason Moran and veteran bassist Cameron Brown allow the saxophonists the freedom to stretch all the way out or swing with authority, but it is the New Orleans drummer Idris Muhammad who holds it all together with his elemental grooves and peacock's array of melodic timbres, to particular effect on Lovano's tribute, "Idris." --Chip Stern

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