Odean Pope Quartet - Fresh Breeze (2010) torrent

CIMP (Creative Improvised Music Projects): 378
http://www.cimprecords.com/albums/?album=786497576425

* Odean Pope: tenor saxophone
* Bobby Zankel: alto saxophone
* Lee Smith: bass
* Craig McIver: drums

http://www.odeanpope.com/
http://www.bobbyzankel.com/

Recorded at The Spirit Room, Rossie, NY, January 22, 2008.

Reviews
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by David R. Adler
http://blog.adlermusic.com/2010/11/on-odean-pope-2.html

Tenor saxophonist Odean Pope is a Philadelphia institution: a practice buddy of
Coltrane’s in his youth, a sideman with Max Roach for 22 years, now a mentor to
Philly’s up-and-comers and leader of a nine-horn saxophone choir, along with
various small groups. Thanks to a steady flow of recent releases, we’re able to
assess not only Pope’s busy present career, but also areas of his overlooked
past...

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by Ed Hazell
http://www.pointofdeparture.org/PoD29/PoD29MoreMoments5.html

... Fresh Breeze features Pope fronting an all Philly quartet with alto
saxophonist Bobby Zankel, bassist Lee Smith, and drummer Craig McIver that
patrols the outer edges of post bop and modal jazz. The open expanses of
pianoless groups have always been a good fit for Pope’s concept. Some of his
best work on record comes from his long tenure in Max Roach’s pianoless
quartet. He’s also led his own trios – an early one with Cornell Rochester and
Gerald Veasley comes immediately to mind, along with others that included
either bassist Smith or Tyrone Brown and drummer McIver. Although he’s worked
with pianists like Dave Burrell and Hassan Ibn Ali, Pope doesn’t necessarily
need one, since he generally will fill in all the harmonic cracks anyway as he
steamrolls through his solo. They give him the space he needs to work out his
harmonic ideas at length...