MUSIC REVIEW BY SRIRAM GOPAL, DownBeat
4-STARS Like many musicians, Robby Ameen had to get creative to manifest performance opportunities during the pandemic. A vintage poster store in Manhattan offered Ameen space to conduct online lessons and present a weekly concert, the last of which was recorded to produce Live At The Poster Museum (Origin). Ameen is at the forefront of Afro-Cuban drumming, as this outing reinforces. (Sonny Rollins' "Oleo" adds straightahead jazz into the mix for good measure.) Trombonist Conrad Herwig stands out, quite an accomplishment given the first-rate band that includes the likes of saxophonist Bob Franceschini and bassist Lincoln Goines.
