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Yellowjackets, After 35 Years, Believe in 'Cohearence' on New Mack Avenue Release [REVIEW]
John Hart's 'Exit From Brooklyn' (Zoho Music) Transforms Chestnuts Into Mighty Jams [REVIEW]
Guitarist/composer John Hart spent 30 years in Brooklyn where he met bassist Bill Moring and drummer Tim Horner. The three reconvene on Hart's 'Exit from Brooklyn' (Zoho Music) for their fourth trio outing since 2000 on a beautiful 10-track project. 'A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke' by Vijay Iyer and Wadada Leo Smith on ECM Records [REVIEW]
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.
