Oscar Noriega's Play Party, Luciano's Dream - 50m 49s

Tracks & Durations

1. Funky Number	5:47
2. 7 of 9	8:37
3. TheZ	5:01
4. Back to Back	9:07
5. Skincoat	6:25
6. Luciano's Dream	8:10
7. Kashikio Hito (Wise Old Man)	5:09
8. Cancion Para Cecilia	2:27

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Review

Leave it to the folks at OmniTone to find thrillingly original talent--or to bring together inspired collaborations between veterans (as on 1999's Saturn's Child, a spare meeting between pianist Frank Kimbrough and vibist Joe Locke). Saxophonist and clarinetist Oscar Noriega falls into the label's "young talent" camp and here fronts a spectacular quartet of veteran drummer Jim Black, guitarist Brad Shepik, and trumpeter Cuong Vu (who also hit big on OmniTone with Bound). Noriega has a rasped tone that weaves into unflappable expanses, only to jar the floor in a flash with bolting, jostling exclamations. Vu's got a full-throated roar on brass, with Black sticking often to a tempo, which shows off his control and talent at diminutive punctuations. Shepik, multilingual at all times on guitar, fits in always, sometimes jabbing, sometimes sending up six-string yawps that prod the band to unexpectedly sweet heights. --Andrew Bartlett

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