July 17, 2005

ARTINIAN/NAKATANI/RONEY/VINCENT/WILSON

6000° Kelvin
Stone Quarry Records SQR 003

Hopefully this CD won’t cause a feud among one of the first families of the Neo- Cons. One of the most prominently featured musicians here is New York-based tenor saxophonist Antoine Roney, exploring the limits of his horn with a group of like-minded improvisers.

But Roney’s brother, trumpeter Wallace and his sister-in-law pianist Geri Allen could be the Jen and Ben of the Young Lions. Photogenic and articulate, the two have proven that musicians restrained by the tradition are still capable of heartfelt work, even if the trumpeter, for instance, often sounds too much like Miles Davis circa 1963. MORE