Reporter: Mike Greenblatt
'REVIEW: Michael Dease, 'Father Figure,' Posi-Tone Records
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'REVIEW: Jacknife, 'The Music of Jackie McLean,' Primary Records
'The Music Of Jackie Mclean' never sounded so good! As upsetting as that may sound to purists, Jacknife, led by San Francisco saxophonist Steven Lugerner, has dragged the late alto sax master into 2016 with these six gems recorded in Los Angeles, mixed in Oakland and released by Primary Records. -
'REVIEW: The Oatmeal Jazz Combo, 'Instant Oats,' LGY Records
Digest your Oatmeal Jazz Combo, children, it's good for you, especially 'Instant Oats' (LGY Records). This adventurous quintet started out just for fun in 2009 at Stony Brook University in New York and is now on its fifth CD. Dig how they will play anything and everything including the closing "Transformers" theme.