JAZZ

JULIAN LAGE

Squint

Julian Lage, guitar; Jorge Roeder, bass; Dave King, drums Blue Note (CD, LP). 2021. Margaret Glaspy, Armand Hirsch, prods.; Mark Goodell, eng.

I’ve been late in catching on to Julian Lage, the 33-year-old jazz guitarist who’s been raising a lot of eyebrows. After recently seeing him play twice in three days at the Village Vanguard, where he displayed extraordinary virtuosity, swing, blues, and range, I’m now listening to his albums. (The two gigs were with John Zorn’s New Masada Quartet and in duets with pianist Fred Hersch.)