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<div class="track"><img alt="" src="http://hits.guardian.co.uk/b/ss/guardiangu-feeds/1/H.22.2/11592?ns=guardian&pageName=Julian+Lage+Group%3A+Gladwell+*+review%3AArticle%3A1553151&ch=Music&c3=Guardian&c4=Jazz+%28Music+genre%29%2CMusic%2CCulture&c5=Jazz%2CNot+commercially+useful&c6=John+Fordham&c7-May-05&c853151&c9=Article&c10=Album+review%2CReview&c11=Music&c13=&c25=&c30=content&h2=GU%2FMusic%2FJazz" width="1" height="1" /></div><p class="standfirst">(Emarcy)</p><p>Vibraphonist Gary Burton's latest guitar discovery, Julian Lage, has made an attractive follow-up to his Grammy-nominated debut, Sounding Point. Burton discovered Pat Metheny even younger than he did the twentysomething Lage, and his opinion of guitarists is always worth checking out. Lage doesn't follow a straight jazz road any more than a comparably open but equally American guitarist such as Bill Frisell does, and the newcomer's band – with cello, percussion, bass and the leisurely but incisive saxophonist Dan Blake – reflects that. Gladwell is an invigorating demonstration of how vivid a sound-world can be established by a quintet of acoustic players. It moves from fast-strummed groovers over which the cello and sax swirl, then turns into busy city nightscapes full of whispering voices, through romantic cafe-music pirouettings (which become demandingly percussive) and finally to delicate, jig-like melodies. Lage's resourceful and crystal-clear solo treatment of the acoustic guitar standard Freight Train, and his preoccupied harmonics-pinging account of Autumn Leaves, will get plenty of attention from guitar students. But this is an album of quiet character for every kind of listener.</p><p class="rating">Rating: 3/5</p><div class="related" style="float: left; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><ul><li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/jazz">Jazz</a></li></ul></div><div class="author"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/johnfordham">John Fordham</a></div><br/><div class="terms"><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">guardian.co.uk</a> © Guardian News & Media Limited 2011 | Use of this content is subject to our <a href="http://users.guardian.co.uk/help/article/0,,933909,00.html">Terms & Conditions</a> | <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/help/feeds">More Feeds</a></div><p style="clear:both" />
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