Track of the day and new in the 1 Love spot is very much a sax fan's port of call. 'Tripwire' which in terms of its construction has lots of musical sub-clauses that serve to keep you listening through the thickets of motific development whipped up by arpeggiating lines to eventually reveal a resolution. Alto ace Will Vinson who also wrote the piece is with double bass face Matt Penman and drummer Eric Harland. Breakout star tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana whose 12 Stars is one of 2022's best is elsewhere on a couple of other album tracks. In addition to this interval leaping livener in which Vinson is very conversational with Harland as Penman stalks the melodic development eventually taking a mysteriously deadpan but nonetheless highly effective solo in context, Tripwire tracks (the full album is out next month) also include the J. Fred Coots/Sam Lewis song 'For All We Know' that first was introduced as a foxtrot in the 1930s by Hal Kemp and His Orchestra. Eric Harland, top left, Will Vinson, Melissa Aldana, Matt Penman. Photo: via Whirlwind
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