Jazz
Toward the Unknown is a well-wrought, well-rendered recording — one worthy of serious attention.
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Indo-Pak Coalition’s energized music and performance somehow manages to square the circle — it is as engaging as it is songful and intelligent.
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A kaleidoscopic small-band adventure led by one of the world’s great clarinetists, and a superbly-played set by Ben Wendel’s dynamic quintet.
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The communication among the group members is at a high level and the playing is flawless.
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The music on Accent’s album is lovely and the singers render the arrangements with skill and commitment.
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Singer Sara Serpa refracts, bends, suspends, and shifts sounds and syllables, creating a kind of linguistic limbo.
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There was an easy depth to the music, if such is possible, as if the musicians were digging in hard, but with the relaxed assurance that comes of a shared vision.
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One marvels at Bill Frisell’s improvisations, which can be both surprising and songful.
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I’ve never run across music like this and never had even a platonic notion of what such a hybrid would sound like.
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It was supposed to be an evening of sheer virtuosity, and that’s what it was.
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Music Commentary: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest versus French Quarter Fest