"Fujiwara's hustling brushes set up a churning guitar hook on the title track that sounds infectiously like a kind of highlife bebop, before Reid's superb pizzicato cello solo takes off with Halvorson comping the tune in the background. Her own seamlessly skimming improvisation is then followed by a spontaneous counter-melodic dance between the two of them."
"A(ways), a graceful songlike piece with brittle guitar chording and bowed cello, slowly emerges from a faintly sinister guitar line against a bass-like cello vamp, and another Reid/Halvorson entwined improvisation that has an increasingly Latin feel."
"Oo Long! is a hypnotic repetition of a cello-guitar hook on a samba-like pulse that builds into a wailing fuzz-guitar clamour. Under the Aurora Sky is a lyrical and haunting bowed-cello meditation that comes and goes around fragile guitar lines before the quartet exits on a storm of abstract sounds."
Tomeka Reid and Mary Halvorson, accomplished musicians with deep roots in avant-garde jazz, release their fourth quartet album featuring bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Tomas Fujiwara. The album spans nearly 50 minutes across five tracks, showcasing diverse musical styles including jiving swingers, brush-shuffles, Latin-jazz harmonies, hip-hop influenced guitar work, and acoustic cello passages. The musicians demonstrate seamless interplay through pizzicato solos, bowed meditations, and spontaneous counter-melodic improvisations. Standout tracks feature hypnotic repetitions, fuzz-guitar elements, and lyrical bowed-cello moments that build from delicate guitar lines into abstract soundscapes, creating an accessible yet innovative jazz experience.
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