Album Review
Frank Strozier: Long Night
Frank Strozier: Long Night
by David Rickert
Don’t Follow The Crowd”, a song on Frank Strozier’s second release for Jazzland, is an apt title for an artist who worked hard to carve out a niche for himself in the jazz world. Unfortunately, Strozier is one of many who never got his due; despite gigs with Miles Davis, Don Ellis, and Chet Baker, Strozier quit playing music in the seventies out of frustration. His two early records for Jazzland have been reissued as a two-fer, and they show …