Stein, John

Jardis, 2021, CD
Instrument: Guitar

Issue: 27.3

Jazz Ruler Type: Bebop
O's Jazz Ruler

Performance: 4
Performance Chart

Sound: 3
Sound Chart

Score: 76
Score Chart

O’s Notes: Guitarist John Stein reflects on the dark light cast on the arts over the past two years with a set that invites hope. Serendipity opens with a blues feeling on “Alfie’s Theme”, then a dash of calypso “On Green Dolphin Street” before bouncing around through the rest of the session. While Stein dominates on guitar, bassist Ed Lucie anchors the trio and drummer Mike Connors trades riffs with him on “Labor Of Love”. It’s a cool recording arising from the wrath of the pandemic.

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