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Ian Sims And Divergent Paths: Conundrum
by Dan Bilawsky
The title of saxophonist Ian Sims' debut recording is a bit of a misnomer, for his music isn't trying, confusing, or difficult to unravel. This is certainly modern jazz, but it's not modern jazz of the confounding and disorienting variety. For his first album, the Baltimore-based tenor man put together a quintet of sure-footed modernists dubbed Divergent Paths. The band includes Paul Bollenback, perhaps the most under-appreciated guitarist operating today; drummer EJ Strickland, who slices and dices ...
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