The must-listen pile is reduced by two more, with short reviews of these new releases from an unusual trio (Bill Frisell, Kit Downes, and Andrew Cyrille) and a more traditional quartet (Ben Wendel, Gerald Clayton, Linda May Han Oh, and Obed Calvaire).
Cuban pianist/composer/shaman Omar Sosa has once again teamed up with arranger Jaques Morelenbaum and the formidable NDR Bigband to project his compositions on a wide orchestral screen, and Kit Downes plumbs the orchestral capabilities of three pipe organs on a spacey collection of improvisational performances. Continue reading
