@acman3
@astewart8944
@frogman
Gents - Thanks for your insights. I had posted a lengthier response but it didn’t go through. No energy to try and reconstruct it (to your benefit, perhaps!). At any rate, I think I hear many of the attributes you (pl.) mention. I read the Wikipedia entry on him and am impressed. I appreciate jazz artists whose creativity is built on a solid foundation of academic training. Spent time with Modern Lore last night. It’s not an immediate "must buy" for me but Lage does seem to have a very individual approach and is an interesting player. I like that in the first video Acman posted there’s no monster ego on display and his playing seems to come from a very serene place. Not a must buy to me at this point in listening because his compositions seem a little loose and unstructured. I’m missing a "focus". This could reflect "subtlety" on his part and/or the need for more listening on my part. Regardless, thanks for the tip on him.
@astewart8944
@frogman
Gents - Thanks for your insights. I had posted a lengthier response but it didn’t go through. No energy to try and reconstruct it (to your benefit, perhaps!). At any rate, I think I hear many of the attributes you (pl.) mention. I read the Wikipedia entry on him and am impressed. I appreciate jazz artists whose creativity is built on a solid foundation of academic training. Spent time with Modern Lore last night. It’s not an immediate "must buy" for me but Lage does seem to have a very individual approach and is an interesting player. I like that in the first video Acman posted there’s no monster ego on display and his playing seems to come from a very serene place. Not a must buy to me at this point in listening because his compositions seem a little loose and unstructured. I’m missing a "focus". This could reflect "subtlety" on his part and/or the need for more listening on my part. Regardless, thanks for the tip on him.