Dan Clucas / Immediately

Dan Clucas / Immediately: Exile

by Rex Butters
May 23, 2006

For Exile, longtime Los Angeles cornet count Dan Clucas convenes a quintet he calls Immediately. He uses this rare session as leader to showcase his appealing writing, blistering technique, and good ear for his bandmates. All five improvisers listen hard and create a distinctive sound, equally at ease playing the arrangement or walking in space.

Brian Walsh plays a tenor that's so fat it sometimes bursts at the seams. His clarinet, while considerably trimmer, uses the lack of mass for ...

Dan Clucas / Immediately: Exile

by Mark Corroto
December 25, 2005

This disc had me from the first few notes, and that's a rare event, especially when it is by a new (unfamiliar) artist.

Cornetist Dan Clucas can be heard on a couple Jeff Kaiser Ockodektet (large ensemble) sessions, but otherwise you might not have heard his music. And besides drummer Rich West, who has worked with Vinny Golia's Nine Winds label, this disc is a nice introduction to a few other unfamiliar artists.

Clucas opens with ...