After a twelve year recording hiatus as a leader, Zollar re-emerges with Zollar Systems, a refreshingly sharp hard bop recital, bristling with energy and sonic acuteness. Tired of that old Blue Note '50s-'60s blowing session model? Think again. Zollar breathes new life into the old form, tightening it up and repackaging it for the 21st Century. This is apparent, right out of the chute with Daniel Jackson's Chicago Preferred," in classic hard bop form: complex, rhythmically assertive head followed by solos. Zollar is more
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data-original-title="" title="">James Zollar is a musical treasure hidden in plain sight. He has played and recorded as a sideman for a variety of artists, including
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data-original-title="" title="">Don Byron's bands. While he leads his own mainstream-oriented quintet, Zollar has recorded only one collection, the very fine Soaring With Bird(Naxos Jazz, 1998).
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