For the past decade, guitarist Tom Lagana has been quietly carving out a niche on the D.C.-Baltimore-Annapolis jazz scene, with occasional forays into Richmond, and Philadelphia. On Schematic, Lagana makes a strikingly original statement with a potent rhythm tandem of Todd Harrison and Tom Baldwin along with special guests George Garzone on tenor sax and trumpeter Dave Ballou.
As a follow-up to 2002’s Patuxent, Lagana’s latest has him stretching out more authoritatively. From his rhythmicall...