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From Larry Corban's tone on Moving 4-Ward, my guess is that the guitarist would make a
helluva blues player. Sharp-edged, driving, metallic chording, stinging single notes, and the
seemingly effortless ability to move back and forth between the two modes... he could be playing
behind Buddy Guy.
I don't know about his blues career, but Corban proves himself a fine jazzman on this quartet
outing. The guitarist has played with qunitets, quartets, trios, duos behind singers; but on Moving
4-Ward he teams with trumpeter Avishai E. Cohen, bassist Omer Avital, and drummer Daniel
Freedman for a clean and propulsive set of post-bop workouts. Corban's crisp attack counterpoints
trumpeter Cohen's stretched lines, with the band sounding at times like a late fifties Miles Davis
group.
"One for Wayne" is dedicated to saxophone great Wayne Shorter, an
"inside" reharmonization of "I Hear a Rhapsody," with Corban sounding very
much like a young Larry Coryell. "Sea of Fire" is a blues with a nice bass groove that
has Cohen grousing around Corban's sharp noting. On "Something Pretty" the trumpeter
relaxes into lyrical playing in front of an easy groove.
A very solid and sometimes edgy mainstream performance from start-to-finish.
Contact Larry Corban for more information.
~ Dan McClenaghan
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Track Listing: Moving 4-Ward, One for Wayne, On the Fly, Sea of Fire, Something Pretty, Wind Chimes, Masa
Bossa, Purple, It's On the House, Killin' Time
Personnel: Larry Corban, guitar; Avishai E Cohen, trumpet; Omer Avital, bass; Danile Freedman, drums
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