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Las instancias: Las Instancias

Read "Las Instancias" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian

The collaborative Argentinian trio, Las Instancias, demonstrate inventiveness and creative maturity on its eponymous debut. Nominally under bassist Fermin Suarez's leadership, the group performs in a truly democratic fashion. The individual musicians maintain their own voices while becoming an integral part of the collective. The music is mainly spontaneous and free and sometimes flirts with delightful dissonance, yet it remains sublimely lyrical.  For instance, the up-tempo, swinging “Pegao" opens with Suárez bowing out the intro with elegance and panache. Then clarinetist ...

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