Altoist
Wally Shoup leads an adventurous quartet through seven free improvisations on
The Levitation Shuffle. The music is consistently passionate and intense yet each piece seems to have a point and avoids meandering or overstaying its welcome. The interplay between the musicians, particularly of bassist
Reuben Radding and drummer Greg Campbell, is impressive. There is enough mood variation and shifting of dominant ideas to keep this CD interesting throughout. Suffice to say that the very spontaneous music is as colorful as the song titles, and the four players bring out the best in each other. ~ Scott Yanow