Let us not beat around the bush or obfuscate the obvious: First Meeting: Live at Dizzy’s Club is as sweet a listen anyone can wish for or expect as simpatico luminaries — pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, saxophonist Chris Potter, bassist Larry Grenadier and drummer Eric Harland — take to Dizzy’s stage. And command it, but not with a heavy hand or selfish aspirations. A dazzling portent, First Meeting: Live at Dizzy’s Club opens all the doors and windows facing Columbus Circle and lets a most refreshing vibe into the air, the room, the drinks and the super-lucky audience.
A great disc of a superb performance has got to come with an equally grand backstory and, in a thumbnail, the provenance of First Meeting: Live at Dizzy’s Club goes like this: Instigated…

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