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The Slightest Shift
By Kris Davis
Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Bloodwine; And Then I Said...; Once; 35
Kris Davis: The Slightest Shift
by Brian P. Lonergan
The adjective that comes to mind again and again when listening to this quartet recording by pianist and composer Kris Davis is refreshing. Much of The Slightest Shift sounds close to free improvisation, but there is also a recurring sense that one is listening to a modern chamber music ensemble. And the initial impression of at ...
Kris Davis: The Slightest Shift
by Troy Collins
The Slightest Shift is young Canadian-born pianist Kris Davis' second release as a leader, following her acclaimed 2004 debut, Lifespan. Joined by her husband, drummer Jeff Davis, the ever reliable bassist Eivind Opsvik and the ubiquitous saxophonist Tony Malaby, this recent New York resident reconvenes her sympathetic working ensemble to investigate a new set of abstract ...
Kris Davis: The Slightest Shift
by Mark F. Turner
If Canadian pianist Kris Davis' auspicious debut, Life Span (FSNT, 2004), was an indication of her progressive tendencies, then The Slightest Shift reinforces those forward-thinking ideas in resounding and surprising ways. Whereas her debut was colored with expansive lyricism and melodic tapestries, the new recording is a bolder statement of Davis' compositional prowess, and the music ...
Kris Davis: The Slightest Shift
by John Kelman
Canadian-born, New York-based pianist Kris Davis takes the delicate left-leaning balance of form and freedom of her debut, Lifespan (Fresh Sound New Talent, 2004), and moves even farther away from the center on The Slightest Shift. While Lifespan featured ensembles ranging from trio to sextet, the new record showcases Davis' working group of saxophonist Tony Malaby, ...