Sandole Brothers

Sandole Brothers: And Friends

by Derek Taylor
March 1, 2001

The close-up shot of Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell that adorns the cover of this disc is exemplary of the music contained inside. Tame by the furious standards set by 1960s free jazz the Sandole’s forward-thinking experiments with time signatures and harmonic emancipations easily fell into the Avant-Garde camp of 1950s jazz. LaPorta’s trio excursions which round out the two-fer were less overtly adventurous, but still harbored a healthy respect for experimentation.

Dennis Sandole, older brother to Adolph, was in fact one ...