Eric Muhler Quartet - The Jury is Out (Slow Turn Records, 2009)
Jazz & Blues Music Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
This album features pianist and composer Eric Muhler leading a band with Michael Wilcox on bass, Sheldon Brown on saxophones and Brian Andres on drums. The music has a modern mainstream feel to it, reminding me of the likes Don Grolnick, Bob Berg and Michael Brecker who began their careers as musicians in the 1970's. "Plunky" opens the set with a bouncy melody, then a swinging tenor...