Brian Blade the bandleader returns for a ride down 'Kings Highway'

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Halfway through the title track of Kings Highway, the majestic new album by Brian Blade & The Fellowship Band, there comes a passage of answering banter between the two saxophonists in the group. Myron Walden, on alto, sounds vinegary and imploring, like someone building a rhetoric out of bedrock convictions. Melvin Butler, on tenor, gives a warmer and more level-headed impression but with no less fervency — especially as the exchange builds steam, with the saxophonists no longer trading four-bar provocations but joining in a testifying clamor.