Jazz Articles about Diane Moser Quintet

Diane Moser Quintet: Music For The Last Flower

by Robert Bush
April 19, 2014

New Jersey pianist/composer Diane Moser created the music for Music for the Last Flower in 2003, with support from Chamber Music America, but only recorded it in 2012, in one day, no less, this time aided by a grant from New Music USA. This six-part suite flows effortlessly through a wide arc that begins with sonic caterwaul, lights down on moments of intense lyric beauty, and ends in a hypnotic meditation for peace, with potent features ...