Jimmy Lyons: alto saxophone
John Lindberg: double bass
Sunny Murray: drums

Jimmy Lyons looked in all directions, and even found motivation in the spirit of swing models like Jimmie Lunceford and Chick Webb in “Jump Up” (could Sunny Murray be Cozy [Cole]?; his strength is still his sound, his percussive line as individual as with Taylor, his cymbal work as insistent as with Ayler) as a spur to his Sufi-like soloing, and incanta- tion of repeated phrases that release tension by flying off into the unknown. Lyons inspired by and invoking Lunceford and Webb, no more or less than Taylor and Ayler, Elmo and Bird, Lindberg and Murray, all whirling together now in memory, in timeless Time, in this music.
by Art Lange

All About Jazz
Renowned Cecil Taylor trio alumni, alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons and drummer Sunny Murray reunited in Switzerland and summoned young bass wunderkind John Lindberg for a tour de force captured live at Jazz Festival Willisau in August, 1980. Reissued and remastered, this release highlights the band's unbridled energy and resounding clarity, abetted by the crystalline audio. It sounds like it's fresh out of the box, featuring Lyons operating in tenth gear with his radical free-bop stylizations, paving the way for future expansionism.

Lyons' untimely passing in 1986 at the age of 55 left a cavernous hole in progressive jazz. yet he broadened the bop vernacular, deriving influences from Charlie Parker and other pivotal jazz denizens. Jump Up reaffirms his vigorous and fluent avant-garde tinged improvisational prowess, where Murray and Lindberg keep pace while often riding atop the pulse.

"Riffs #1" is a prime vehicle, upon which the band can stretch with scorching intensity, operating at a dizzying modality. Here, Lyons builds a quirky theme via punchy and spinning notes. The band exercises fractured and swerving progressions amid a hustling and bustling context, with the rhythm section also seizing the moment, running with one of Lyons' spurious improvi.......
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Jimmy Lyons looked in all directions, and even found motivation in the spirit of swing models like Jimmie Lunceford and Chick Webb in “Jump Up” (could Sunny Murray be Cozy [Cole]?; his strength is still his sound, his percussive line as individual as with Taylor, his cymbal work as insistent as with Ayler) as a spur to his Sufi-like soloing, and incanta- tion of repeated phrases that release tension by flying off into the unknown. Lyons inspired by and invoking Lunceford and Webb, no more or less than Taylor and Ayler, Elmo and Bird, Lindberg and Murray, all whirling together now in memory, in timeless Time, in this music.
by Art Lange

All About Jazz
Renowned Cecil Taylor trio alumni, alto saxophonist Jimmy Lyons and drummer Sunny Murray reunited in Switzerland and summoned young bass wunderkind John Lindberg for a tour de force captured live at Jazz Festival Willisau in August, 1980. Reissued and remastered, this release highlights the band's unbridled energy and resounding clarity, abetted by the crystalline audio. It sounds like it's fresh out of the box, featuring Lyons operating in tenth gear with his radical free-bop stylizations, paving the way for future expansionism.

Lyons' untimely passing in 1986 at the age of 55 left a cavernous hole in progressive jazz. yet he broadened the bop vernacular, deriving influences from Charlie Parker and other pivotal jazz denizens. Jump Up reaffirms his vigorous and fluent avant-garde tinged improvisational prowess, where Murray and Lindberg keep pace while often riding atop the pulse.

"Riffs #1" is a prime vehicle, upon which the band can stretch with scorching intensity, operating at a dizzying modality. Here, Lyons builds a quirky theme via punchy and spinning notes. The band exercises fractured and swerving progressions amid a hustling and bustling context, with the rhythm section also seizing the moment, running with one of Lyons' spurious improvi.......
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