Winds
'REVIEW: John Hart, 'Exit From Brooklyn,' Zoho Music
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'REVIEW: Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith, 'A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke,' ECM Records
Genius sometimes has its limitations. In the case of brilliant pianist Vijay Iyer and his self-admitted hero, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, you have to turn your insides out to get behind what they're laying down on 'A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke.' Usually, everything, and I mean everything, on this great German label headed by the esteemed Manfred Eicher, is worth worth listening to. Yet I had trouble with this one. -
'REVIEW: Leslie Pintchik, 'True North,' Pintch Hard Records
Pianist/composer Leslie Pintchik is a unique talent who's been gigging between New York City and Boston with her trio for years. 'True North' (Pintch Hard Records), her seventh, has a samba feel in most of its six originals and four covers, in which she utilizes her expert sidemen in sextet, quartet and trio settings.
