Sunday night: Aquarium Drunkard presents sax legend Azar Lawrence at Zebulon in Los Angeles, performing his spiritual jazz masterwork – 1974’s Bridge Into The New Age, in its entirety. Joined by an all-star group that includes heavy hitters Henry Franklin (bass) and Munyungo Jackson (percussion), this is one for the ages. Tickets still available, here, and we have some pairs for AD readers. Leave a comment below with your favorite jazz lp from ’74 to enter.
Aquarium Drunkard djs on the decks.
Pharoah Sanders – Love In Us All
Bill Evans – Symbiosis
Weather Report, Mysterious Traveler. (Runner-Up: Billy Cobham, Total Eclipse.)
Lonnie Liston Smith – Expansions!