Another Earth

Bartz on alto and soprano stretching out over a rhythm section that's locked in but never stiff. The title cut runs long and rewards it — this is modal jazz that trusts the groove to carry the weight instead of piling on solos for their own sake. 1969, right in that pocket between hard bop and the spiritual jazz wave. Skip nothing, but the closer is where the band really opens up.

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