Comments on: Connie Crothers – Lenny Popkin Quartet | New York Night http://downloads.free-jazz.net/release/connie-crothers-lenny-popkin-quartet-new-york-night/ free, improvised, innovative, adventurous, unheard jazz music and dangerous poetry on MP3 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:59:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=7438 hourly 1 By: John Baxter, Option http://downloads.free-jazz.net/release/connie-crothers-lenny-popkin-quartet-new-york-night/comment-page-1/#comment-76 John Baxter, Option Tue, 01 Jan 1991 10:14:12 +0000 http://downloads.free-jazz.net/?p=409#comment-76 <strong>Bop</strong> in a light, relaxed groove, performed at a live date at the Blue Note in New York City. The program consists largely of easily swinging bop tunes, including some originals by Popkin and Crothers -- her <strong><em>"Prez Says"</em></strong> is particularly delightful. They play two knotty Lennie Tristano compositions, too:<em><strong> "Leave Me"</strong><strong> </strong></em>and <strong><em>"Lennie-Bird."</em></strong> And there's one ballad cover, <strong><em>"You Go to my Head,"</em> </strong>which is a tour de force for Popkin's sensuous tenor. This club date was in December, but this quartet plays like spring is here for good. -- <strong>John Baxter</strong>, Option (Jan./Feb. 1991) Bop in a light, relaxed groove, performed at a live date at the Blue Note in New York City. The program consists largely of easily swinging bop tunes, including some originals by Popkin and Crothers — her “Prez Says” is particularly delightful. They play two knotty Lennie Tristano compositions, too: “Leave Me” and “Lennie-Bird.” And there’s one ballad cover, “You Go to my Head,” which is a tour de force for Popkin’s sensuous tenor. This club date was in December, but this quartet plays like spring is here for good.

– John Baxter, Option (Jan./Feb. 1991)

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