NEW RELEASES / JAZZ : In Brief
**1/2, Glenn Horiuchi, “Oxnard Beet,” Soul Note. Pianist Horiuchi’s first album for a prominent jazz label offers many low-key pleasures but could stand more fire. Horiuchi has seamlessly blended Japanese elements with a wide assortment of jazz styles on these seven well-conceived and well-performed originals. The quartet’s sound is enjoyably economical, but only Leon Alexander’s drumming, more punchy backbeat than swinging pulse, really challenges and prods Horiuchi’s adroit playing.
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New albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor) to four (excellent). A rating of five stars is reserved for classic reissues or retrospectives.
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