Vermont musician Dan Silverman pays homage to jazz greats such as Wayne Shorter, Charles Mingus and Thelonious Monk on his appropriately titled 2018 album Early Heroes. With the help of an all-star band of local players and special guest vocalist Judi Silvano of New York City, the trombonist brings works by these veteran artists to life. Toes also tap to works by Slide Hampton, Carla Bley and Willie Smith, along with original music by Silverman himself. As writer Doug Collette put it in a review of Early Heroes for Seven Days, “It would be splendid to witness all of these exchanges in a live setting.”
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