Herding Cats for the Coltranes
On alto saxophonist Lakecia Benjamin’s new themed album of John and Alice Coltrane covers, Pursuance: The Coltranes, she doesn’t just pay homage to jazz’s most intimidating power couple. Benjamin also enlisted a dizzying assemblage of guests, from the Coltranes’ colleagues (bassists Ron Carter and Reggie Workman) to rising players (singer Georgia Anne Muldrow and trumpeter Keyon Harrold) to genre-blurring innovators (bassist Meshell Ndegeocello and keyboardist Surya Botofasina).
Which says less about the depth of her Rolodex than it does her expertise in herding
