Steve Provizer
A listener’s response to this album would largely depend on whether or not the sound of Jeff Denson’s voice and the instrumentation strike a chord.
“It seemed worthwhile to me to think about how the spiritual currents Billie Holiday navigated might have shaped her life and her sound and what she and others made of them.”
The players are striking out into the unknown: you may find the journey inspiring and you may sometimes find yourself lost in the woods.
As part of its 150th anniversary celebration, NEC commissioned Anthony Coleman to compose a large-scale work he has named Streams.
The motto on the Morningside Music Studios web site is “keep the groove in your life.” Words to live by.
The Rosenbergs is small in scope but large in ambition; it is an accomplished and moving opera that demands attention.
Singer Fred Farell brings an introspective sensibility to this album and has gathered a group of songs that are appropriate for his introverted and quietly aspirational lyrics.
Toward the Unknown is a well-wrought, well-rendered recording — one worthy of serious attention.
The communication among the group members is at a high level and the playing is flawless.
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