Bringing new life to jazz standards is a longtime tradition in jazz, whether it be on the bandstand or in the studio. With their latest Sunnyside recording, Standard Deviations, the iconic drummer Mike Clark and Los Angeles-based tenor saxophonist Michael Zilber venture there once again, following Mike Drop, their 2021 Sunnyside release. The result is a swinging session of jazz pearls in quartet mode, with pianist Joe Davis and bassist Alex Claffey joining in the fun.
Clark, for his part, seems to be pigeonholed into the fusion and funk categories of jazz drumming, even as he enters his mid-to-late-70s. It is an unfair characterization, though, considering his immense history in the music, and his marvelous sense of swing. This particular union…

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