Recording: Crosby/Ng/Cole/Cartwright

Artist: Ted Crosby/Karen Ng/Josh Cole/Evan Cartwright

Songs: The Doorman + Albert [composer: Ted Crosby]

Recorded at The Tranzac (Southern Cross Lounge), January 31, 2018.

Ted Crosby/Karen Ng/Josh Cole/Evan Cartwright - The Doorman

Ted Crosby/Karen Ng/Josh Cole/Evan Cartwright - Albert

This quartet performance was nominally under the guidance of saxophonist Ted Crosby, and the two sets drew mostly from his compositions. The range within that can be seen in this pairing, with "The Doorman" (with Crosby and Ng both on clarinet) sounding more like a sophisticated arrangement of a lush indie rock tune while "Albert" (named, natch, for Mr. Ayler and seeing both horn players on their saxes) takes a jazzier turn. The group also found time to essay one of those new experimental scores that Karen Ng has been bringing to shows lately — keep an eye out for further developments on that front.