Steve Salerno

Return to Electric

By Phillip Haynes

Label: Corner Store Jazz
Released: 2025
Track listing: Crystal Silence; Spectrum; Living Time; Spell; Cadenza Paul / Christian; Cycle; Eclipse; Cadenza; Lotus On Irish Springs; Some Slick Sick; Cadenza; Paraphernalia.

Lotus on Irish Springs

July 20, 2025

Album: Return to Electric
By Phillip Haynes
Label: Corner Store Jazz
Released: 2025
Duration: 3:00

Phil Haynes: Electricity Incarnate!

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In the annals of jazz both short-term and long, the influence of drummer-led initiatives is immeasurable. There is Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers, of course, plus Tony Williams' Lifetime and, in addition, numerous single-minded efforts like these two coincidental releases of Phil Haynes. Each is a largely freewheeling exercise in revisitation gestated during COVID lockdowns: ...

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The most fascinating and enduring aspect of jazz, and other improvised music, is its' capacity to surprise the listener. This week a diverse collection of pieces that deliver different and ground breaking new sounds. At the centre Ingrid Laubrock's unique new album which is meets this specification and more. And to close a classic album from ...

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