Jazz
Toward the Unknown is a well-wrought, well-rendered recording — one worthy of serious attention.
Read MoreIndo-Pak Coalition’s energized music and performance somehow manages to square the circle — it is as engaging as it is songful and intelligent.
Read MoreA kaleidoscopic small-band adventure led by one of the world’s great clarinetists, and a superbly-played set by Ben Wendel’s dynamic quintet.
Read MoreThe communication among the group members is at a high level and the playing is flawless.
Read MoreThe music on Accent’s album is lovely and the singers render the arrangements with skill and commitment.
Read MoreSinger Sara Serpa refracts, bends, suspends, and shifts sounds and syllables, creating a kind of linguistic limbo.
Read MoreThere 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.
Read MoreOne marvels at Bill Frisell’s improvisations, which can be both surprising and songful.
Read MoreI’ve never run across music like this and never had even a platonic notion of what such a hybrid would sound like.
Read MoreIt was supposed to be an evening of sheer virtuosity, and that’s what it was.
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