Saxophonist Tim Lin, still fresh enough on the scene to be described as a "young lion," tips his horn to a number of his mentors on Empathy, his second album as a leader, following 2021's Romance on Formosa. As on that earlier album, Lin, a first generation Taiwanese-American (from Fremont, CA), has chosen a charming blend of standards and jazz staples to complement a lone original composition, "Fourth Right," by the superb pianist Andy LaVerne... [ read more ]