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IF YOU’RE A BELIEVER IN STAR ALIGNMENTS, YOU HAVE TO DRAW MEANING FROM THE FACT THAT SAXOPHONIST RAJIV HALIM HAS THE SAME BIRTHDAY AS CANNONBALL ADDERLEY. NOT THAT THIS YOUNG LANE TECH ALUMNUS IS FOLLOWING ANY MUSE BUT HIS OWN. DEMONSTRATING BOTH A CANNONBALL-ESQUE AGILITY AND A COLTRANE-ISH INTENSITY, HE BRINGS HIS OWN COLORISTIC CONCEPT TO BANDS INCLUDING ROBERT IRVING III’S NEW GENERATIONS (SEE SUNDAY’S LINEUP) AND HIS OWN SMARTLY LAYERED QUINTET, INCLUDING TRUMPETER VICTOR GARCIA, GUITARIST SCOTT HESSE, BASSIST JUNIUS PAUL AND DRUMMER MICHAEL PIOLET.