Suresh Singaratham
Lost In New York
www.whoissuresh.com
By George W. Harris

While packaged in an edgy graphic comic context, the music here
presented by trumpeter Suresh Singaratham is impressive hard bop in the
Jazz Messenger vein. The core team of Jake Saslow/ts, Jesse Lewis/g,
Fabian/p, Fabian Almazan/p, Fraser Hollins/b and Lee Pearson/dr give a
youthful and Gen Y vigor to stretched out tunes like “Temporal
Incursions” and “Remnants Of Eternity” while bridging the generation
gap between Young Lions and Baby Boomers.

Singaratnam’s trumpet is dynamic and searching, with a hint of Hubbard
to keep it spiced up. Except for the pensive vocal “Spring for All But
Me” with Charenee Wade, the music keeps you driving forward and on your
toes, with Saslow’s tenor filled with grit, and Almazan’s piano keeping
the Tyner torch burning. They’ve got a nice ability to keep one foot
in the tradition and another on the escalator going up. Nice work here.