Modern Drummer Review: Taking The Reins by Will Romano

Modern Drummer Review: Taking The Reins by Will Romano

Martin Urbach’s post-bop outing Free Will is brilliant, suble, and at times completly wild. Urbach’s swing soothes just as it confounds with violent eruptions. (Check out the syncopated, snaky sequence tunneled by vibes and drums in “I Broke The Jazz.”) On the surface these tracks may seem convoluted. But there’s more order than chaos in this largely medicinal jazzy stew.