At Cecil's Jazz Club & Restaurant....

The Stryker / Slagle Band

Dave Stryker - guitar
Steve Slagle - sax
Bill Moring - bass
Steve Williams - drums

This Friday and Saturday Nov 20 & 21 9pm - 1:30am
Cecil's Jazz Club & Restaurant > 364 Valley Road West Orange, NJ
http://www.cecilsjazzclub.com/

"4 Stars in Dec. 2008 Downbeat Magazine "a superior snapshot of the contemporary center of jazz"
- John McDonough
“In this era of ever-shifting alliances and endlessly maleable bands, guitarist Dave Stryker and alto and soprano saxophonist/flutist Steve Slagle have achieved, for two decades, a contemporary rarity; a band with a distinct, highly developed sound.” - George Kanzler JazzTimes December 2008

“Here on their fourth release as co-leaders of a dynamic quartet, West Orange guitar ace Dave Stryker and NYC-based saxophonist Steve Slagle continue to mix the jazz tradition with the music's more forward-looking side. The results can be deep and bluesy one moment, more angular and abstract the next. As on Slagle's "Skee," a spunky, riff-built whose theme resolves warmly. Here, Slagle and guest tenorman Joe Lovano explore the tune's edges while Stryker comes in like a seasoned bluesman with his hearty remarks. The guitarist's title track is of a contemporary lyrical bent, as the leaders and bassist Jay Anderson wax song-like, modern-style, with drummer Victor Lewis creating colorful washes along with a stirring ride beat on his cymbals. Slagle's alluring "Six Four Teo" has a similar lyrical sense -- with telling solos -- but with a percolating 6/4 rhythm. The saxophonist's "Hopewell's Last" is slow and evocative, Stryker's "Strikology" is a meaty racer with a Coltrane feel.” - Zan Stewart Newark Star Ledger
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