Fred Hersch Seamlessly Melds Jazz Piano Trio with a String Quartet on ‘Breath by Breath’
Fred Hersch’s Breath by Breath is a special album by any standard. Compositionally, the implementation of a string quartet into his pieces is breathtaking.
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Nellie McKay’s ‘Sister Orchid’ Evokes Dusty Rooms, Yellowed Sepia Prints, Faded Beauty, and Heartache
Nellie McKay takes on pre-rock standards, giving them a ghostly, after-midnight makeover on Sister Orchid.