The Linchpins, a quintet comprising the personnel of two fine trios, pivoting on their bassist-in-comm on.
Philip Greenlief and Cory Wright, reeds
Scott Foster, guitar
Dan Seamans, bass
Tom Hassett, drums
Scott Foster, guitar
Dan Seamans, bass
Tom Hassett, drums
This quintet is an intriguing prospect, one that appears to have caught fire in the minds of these five adventuresome and very fine musicians (Greenlief, Seamans and Hassett of The Lost Trio; Foster, Wright and Seamans of the Scott Foster Trio), as they begin to pick the tunes and contemplate their collaboration on the Bird & Beckett bandstand.