Darius Jones, Cooper-Moore, and Rakalam Bob Moses

Outpost

Newcomer Darius Jones draws on his rural Virginia roots and what writer Ed Hazell calls the "pre-jazz African-American folk, spiritual, and blues tradition" for his auspicious debut, Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing) (AUM Fidelity). Jones's long-toned, throbbing alto-sax melodies and the bluesy groove of veteran cohort Cooper-Moore on piano and Rakalam Bob Moses on drums can suggest a less frenetic Albert Ayler or a more explicitly churchy Cecil Taylor. Jones, Cooper-Moore, and Moses celebrate the CD's release at Outpost 186, 186-1/2 Hampshire St, Cambridge | 8 pm | $10 | //zeitgeist-outpost.org.

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