{"id":7314,"date":"2023-11-21T20:54:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T02:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/?p=7314"},"modified":"2023-11-21T20:54:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T02:54:08","slug":"review-lucas-pinos-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postgenre.org\/staging\/4567\/review-lucas-pinos-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Lucas Pino&#8217;s &#8216;Covers&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">There are recordings that dazzle you from the first few bars\u2014or conversely, put you off\u2014with their audacity. Then there are the agreeably conventional releases that, over time, yield their secrets by degree. Put Lucas Pino\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Covers<\/em>&nbsp;(Outside In Music, 2023) in the latter category. Notwithstanding some evident drollery, the title proudly advertises Pino\u2019s rejection of conceptual ambition. As advertised, this is an album of covers; a common practice in jazz for decades. Yet that normcore nucleus might be a bug, not a feature, with the nothing-to-prove vibe opening a wide field for solo explorations and spirited ensemble interplay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s a blowing session, in other words, but raised to a more exalted level by the casual brilliance of the players. After Toninho Horta\u2019s major-minor \u201cMoonstone\u201d gets the 39-minute session off to an oddly subdued start, the band blazes through Fred Hersch\u2019s \u201cPhantom of the Bopera\u201d with a fast-fingered solo from guitarist Alex Goodman and the leader devouring the changes. The discography lists no covers of Duke Pearson\u2019s \u201cNew Girl,\u201d but Pino takes it at a bright, mid-bounce, gently swung by drummer Allan Mednard, a Saturday afternoon drive in a convertible on a beachfront road. A similar vibe elevates Charlie Parker\u2019s \u201cRelaxin\u2019 At Camarillo,\u201d Pino\u2019s solo recalling the offhand urbanity of Dexter Gordon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/album=2240021911\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s not all fun and games. Peter Schlamb\u2019s \u201cREL\u201d is almost metal-jazz with a shadowy, low-register theme over a plodding, open hi-hat 4\/4. Glenn Zaleski, a frequent collaborator of Pino\u2019s, recorded it on &#8220;My Ideal&#8221; (Sunnyside, 2015), one of two cuts that were not standards. Bassist Rick Rosato&#8217;s &#8220;Waltz for MD\u201d was the other. With a bluesy melody somewhat reminiscent of &#8220;Goodbye Porkpie Hat&#8221;, it\u2019s a feature for the composer\u2019s poignant solo over Goodman\u2019s soft chords. And the leader? He doesn&#8217;t make an appearance until halfway into the song, but his disregard for the easy flex is the point.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/album=2240021911\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u201cRight now, I don\u2019t feel the need to be so much \u2018in control\u2019 of what is happening within the music,\u201d he said in publicity materials for the release. \u201dI am more interested in allowing the music to happen and embracing the fact that perfect is the enemy of good.\u201d He needn\u2019t have worried.<em>\u00a0Covers<\/em>\u00a0is very good indeed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong><em>Green Thumb i<\/em>s now available on Outside in Music.<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/outsideinmusic.bandcamp.com\/album\/covers-3\" title=\"\"><strong>\u00a0It can be purchased on Bandcamp.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Tracklist: 1. Moonstone; 2. Phantom of the Bopera; 3. Relaxin\u2019 At The Camarillo (sic); 4. Triptych; 5. New Girl; 6. REL; 7. Amnesia; 7. Waltz For MD.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Personnel: Lucas Pino (tenor saxophone), Alex Goodman (guitar), Rick Rosato (bass), Allan Mednard (drums).\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are recordings that dazzle you from the first few bars\u2014or conversely, put you off\u2014with their audacity. Then there are the agreeably conventional releases that, over time, yield their secrets by degree. Put Lucas Pino\u2019s&nbsp;Covers&nbsp;(Outside In Music, 2023) in the latter category. Notwithstanding some evident drollery, the title proudly advertises Pino\u2019s rejection of conceptual ambition. 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