On a variety of woodwinds, Will Boyd conjures up sonic images of Coltranesque tones and jazz roots with a team of Taber Gable/p, Darryl Hall/b and Kenneth Brown/dr. Boyd starts things off with a solo soprano recitative of the spiritual “His Eye Is On The Sparrow” and stays sanctified when he preaches from the tenor sax on “Moore Dirty Blues”. Impulse-era modal brings out the Tyner in Gable with Boyd searing on “Beauford Delaney” while mixing it up with oboe and alto flute on the cascading “Low Country Lullabye”. The team bops with Boyd on bari during “Mr. Mac”, while on clarinet he’s heartfelt on the Sunday morning recitative “Steal Away. Brown drives the team hard on “Fungii Mama”, and saunters across the floor on the sleek “Tango For Barb and Janice”. Timeless tales.
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