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Niran Dasika Quartet: Suzaku
by Dan McClenaghan
Trumpeter Niran Dasika grew up in Melbourne, Australia, and worked professionally as a musician in Tokyo, Japan, during 2016 and 2017. But his music sounds European, like an ECM Records outing by a group out of Norway or Poland. Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko and his New York Quartet come to mind with Seek the Middle Ground," the gentle, deliberative opening cut of Dasika's CD release, Suzaku. Like Stankos's group, Dasika's ensemble is a trumpet fronting a rhythm section. ...
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