" data-original-title="" title="">Jon Gordon, an alto and soprano saxophonist, steps into the limelight with his latest release 7th Ave South, a melodic memoir of a transformative place for jazz history in the early 1980s. This journey is a testament to the fascination of discovery and the allure of artistic camaraderie four decades later. In this ten-track outing of primarily original compositions (with two exceptions), Gordon, a music professor at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, is accompanied by fellow faculty members or former students.

The opener, "Witness," which has a ten-voice choir in addition to the piano trio, offers a wordless ode, weaving a tapestry of sounds in a mystical frame. The title track, "7th Ave South," is next, a brooding affair led by Gordon's musings on soprano sax. Following a brief interjection from pianist