Edward Simón
A trio of varied, high quality jazz releases: “Entre Amigos”, “Strange Times”, and “Three Visitors”.
One of pianist Edward Simon’s strengths is his ability to be simultaneously romantic and clear-headed, precise and suggestive.
One doesn’t have to have gone too deeply into Buddhism to recognize its influence on the titles found here, and perhaps on the music as well.
Jazz groups of eight to eleven often make fascinating and unusual music, but they rarely survive.
The members of the Collective seem to have an understanding that their job is to make music that reflects a group identity as well as their individual personalities.
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