Arclight (album)

Arclight is the fourth solo album by American jazz guitarist Julian Lage.

"[3] While most of the tunes on the album are originals, there are several "pre-bebop" compositions, from "before things got kind of codified and slick and refined", in Lage's words.

[3] Lage said he enjoyed such tunes mostly because of the chord changes, what he described as a "slippery approach to basically fundamental harmony".

Troy Collins of All About Jazz called it a "brisk but bracing affair",[4] while Doug Collette of the same publisher noted "Lage proves himself not just a student of his instrument...but an exceedingly fast learner in the art of studio recording.

"[5] Irish Times critic Cormac Larkin said that the album had "echoes of Bill Frisell and particularly Jim Hall",[6] the latter being one of Lage's major influences.