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An empathetic power of five is at work in the collaborative project known as Opus 5, working in the long shadow of the great vintage quintets, ala Blakey and pre-electric Miles Davis.

On the front line, tenor saxist Seamus Blake and rising star trumpeter Alex Sipiagin - a Russian in NYC - are bolstered by pianist David Kikoski, drummer Donald Edwards and another bold Russian émigré, bassist Boris Kozlov.

from http://www.crisscrossjazz.com

Collectively delivered jazz albums almost always fall into one of three categories: some are outings from neophytes looking to pool their resources, while trying to build a fan base from the ground floor up; others marry the musical skills of seasoned musicians who've crossed paths in various situations and/or share a commonality in approach; and the most commercially successful, yet artistically regretfully, are usually hastily conceived or rendered performances that simply attach several big names to a project in order to cash
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OPUS 5 Introducing Opus 5 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Introducing Opus 5
Hard Bop 2011
OPUS 5 Pentasonic album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pentasonic
Hard Bop 2012
OPUS 5 Progression album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Progression
Hard Bop 2014
OPUS 5 Tickle album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tickle
Fusion 2015
OPUS 5 Swing On This album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Swing On This
Hard Bop 2022

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