Next, jump-starting plucks on the cello (Abdul Wadud) underpin jump-for-joy piano glissando (Muhal Richard Abrams) followed by siren calls on a viola (Leroy Jenkins) and Lewis’ trombone burping and cauldron-hot bubbling. The implications for society, demonstrated not demanded, are immense in Lewis’ music. “Shadowgraph, 5” is the fifth of a series of pieces by Lewis for the idea of a “creative orchestra” that came out the Assn. Starting pointsYou can spend the rest of pandemic lockdown, no matter how long that turns out to be, seeking out and listening to George Lewis’ recordings here, there and everywhere. “Shadowgraph, 5,” the first recording , which includes a series of other early Lewis pieces, is now a classic.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 19, 2020 13:02 UTC