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Yosvany Terry Quintet at the Jazz Standard - NYTimes.com
by sbrothier
The emblematic tune in Yosvany Terry’s early set at the Jazz Standard on Wednesday night was the closer, “Summer Relief,” a slippery bit of cultural cross talk. It began with a Yoruba chant by the conga player Pedro Martínez, in a call-and-response with the band. A groove materialized, in irregular polyrhythm, and then came a coiled melody assigned to Michael Rodriguez on trumpet and Mr. Terry on alto saxophone.
