The Bradford 4: A Rare Gift for Dallas

From the Dallas Observer:

Something special happened in Dallas last night. For a brief flash, our city was the center of free jazz–jazz’s most uninhibited form. A quartet named The Bradford 4 performed at an intimate project space (Beefhaus) put on by local artist collective Art Beef. The Bradford 4 is fronted by legendary trumpeter/cornetist/composer Bobby Bradford, a man that can name Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Eric Dolphy and Charlie Haden as former co-workers. The other three members aren’t exactly lightweights either – Frode Gjerstad (saxophone/clarinet), Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten (bass), and Frank Rosaly (drums) – having individually and collectively had a hand in some of the most exciting music in contemporary jazz.