Miguel Zenón’s extraordinary writing for strings and saxophone makes use of ever-changing textures generated out of jazz, Puerto Rican folk, and classical music.
Miguel Zenón
Music Review/Commentary: Anat Cohen’s Tentet & SFJAZZ Collective — Strength in Numbers
Jazz groups of eight to eleven often make fascinating and unusual music, but they rarely survive.
Jazz Review: SF Jazz Collective at Berklee, 3/8/13—This Year’s Model
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.