JIM SNIDERO
For All We Know
Snidero, alto saxophone; Peter Washington, bass; Joe Farnsworth, drums. Savant SCD-2215 (CD). 2024. Snidero, prod.; Kent Heckman, eng.
Jim Snidero is a veteran of the jazz wars. Arriving in New York in 1981, at age 23, he was a sideman in important bands and produced 26 recordings as a leader. But until For All We Know, he had never made a saxophone trio album. That’s surprising given that Snidero is known as both a master and a scholar of the alto saxophone. No format can shine a light on the instrument like a saxophone trio.
This two-track tape was restored by long-time Hendrix producer Eddie Kramer. It sounds outstanding. In this minimalist setting, lacking a chordal instrument, the saxophone is exposed,
