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Different Strokes: Louie Belogenis’s ‘Blue Buddha’ and Shai Maestro’s ‘Untold Stories’

jpegLouie Belogenis’s Blue Buddha, Blue
Buddha
(Tzadik Records)
A Review

On Blue Buddha (Tzadik Records), Louie
Belogenis
, the free-blowing Buddhist
saxophonist, teams up with Dave Douglas, the shape-shifting trumpeter, to embark on a what is billed as a sort of spiritual ceremony,
supported by the luminous, effects-driven electric bass of Bill Laswell and the spacious, clean, intense drumming of Tyshawn Sorey. Continue reading