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Total Tracks: 5   Total Length: 64:23

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Originally released by Strata East as Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival, this CD reissue features the great but very underrated trumpeter Charles Tolliver in a quartet with pianist John Hicks, bassist Reggie Workman and drummer Alvin Queen. The group performs three of the leader’s songs plus Cowell’s “Prayer for Peace” and Neal Hefti’s “Repetition”; the lengthy renditions clock in between 11 and 17 minutes apiece. Tolliver’s music (which holds on to one’s attention throughout the live set) has its connections to the bebop tradition but also forges ahead and can be quite passionate. Recommended. – Scott Yanow