Butler, Isrea

Vegas, 2024, CD
Instrument: Trombone

Issue: 30.2

Jazz Ruler Type: Bebop
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Performance: 4
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Sound: 3
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Score: 77
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O’s Notes: Trombonist Isrea Butler runs the jazz department at UNLV and leads a fine band on Congo Lament, an album inspired by a couple of retro recordings by Ike Quebec (Easy Living 1962) and Bennie Green (Original Jazz Sound 1959). Butler’s rhythm section is David Loeb (p), Steve Flora (b), and Bob Chmel (d), a strong unit. Butler and saxophonist Douglas Lawrence lead the melodies end to end, shining on the blues based “I. Q. Shuffle”, “Que’s Pills”, and the lazy “See See Rider”. We also enjoyed the warmth of “Easy Living” and the swinging “B. G.’+s Groove”.

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