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With his albums Saudade (2020) and Tanto Amor (2021) jazz trumpeter Teus Nobel gave his own twist to Latin and especially the smooth jazz of the 70s. A maneuver that was not universally appreciated. On the live album Pleasure Is The Measure he and his quartet Liberty Group show that they are still very much at home in modern post-bop. With a second lead role for the excellent pianist Alexander Popta,… the group, in accordance with the title, is clearly having fun on stage, with capricious playing and long solos. They go on adventures but never seek real danger. The themes are a bit too old-fashioned or insignificant for that, so the solos have nothing to fall back on. Nobel and his quartet can play, but even in Holland there are much better post-bop bands. (MR)more
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