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Larry Nozero: Time

by Chris May
June 27, 2024

Here is an odd one. Originally released on the short-lived Detroit label Strata in 1975, Larry Nozero's Time defies categorization. First-generation spiritual jazz, Henry Mancini, Motown, strings (real and synthed), the Swingle Singers, Braziliana and Shaft era Isaac Hayes jostle around the mic, along with Sibylline hints of Kamasi Washington. Is it for real? Is it a put on? Either way, it is an often-compelling mix, fronted by an expressive and lyrically minded saxophonist and flautist. It ...