Product Review

Digitally remastered two CD set containing a quartet of albums from Jazz alto saxophonist Arthur Blythe: In The Tradition (1978), Lenox Avenue Breakdown (1979), Illusions (1980) and Blythe Spirit (1981). Blythe had previously been a sides man for Gil Evans, McCoy Tyner and Lester Bowie amongst other. Blythe has had a long and successful recording career, though in later years he has been plagued by ill-health and Parkinson's Disease.