Luís Lopes' Humanization 4tet - Live in Madison

Tom Greenland, The New York City Jazz Record

The Humanization 4tet, led by Lisbon-based guitarist Luís Lopes features Amado on tenor sax and the Dallas sibling rhythm team of Aaron and Stefan González on bass and drums, respectively.

Recorded in Wisconsin following a short stateside tour, the quartet’s third release, Live in Madison is another example of extremely high energy in a studio setting, mixing head-banging beats with free-form thinking. Lopes parries Amado’s granular screeching with angular comping, hocketing accents and noise-themed solos, methodically sequenced and insistently delivered over the González brothers’ mosh-pit pulsing.