Cardinals : Masquerade Rae Morris Street Fighting Man - The

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Under-recognized tenorman Clifford Jordan blew in from Chicago with a trio of excellent Blue Note sessions in 1957 including Cliff Jordan featuring a septet with Lee Morgan on trumpet

the kind of creative convergence you'd expect when online friends start spending time together IRL (their debut was completed before the whole band had ever been in the same room at the same time)

Cardinals : Masquerade Rae Morris Street Fighting Man - TheThese are emotionally expansive songs, some simmering with an undercurrent of violence, cynicism or fervent discontent ('Anhedonia', 'The Burning of Cork', 'Barbed Wire') and others gleaming with a bright eyed vulnerability. A vivid first half contrasts a darker second and crafts a record with a clear A side and B side. A nod to the band's collective love of vinyl, that tonal shift takes its cue from a variety of expected and unexpected influences