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Quintet Moderne: WellSprings Suite
by AAJ Staff
By Ken Waxman
Made up of two generations of accomplished improvisers, Quintet Moderne is an all-star European Union aggregation that adapts the conventions of so-called jazz and so-called serious music to its own ends. This way, as it shows on this almost seventy-minute recording, it produces a suite of breathtaking force, encompassing musical complexity--yet still accessible to any but the most hidebound. Quintet Moderne consists of trombonist Paul Rutherford, Finnish bassist Teppo Hauta-aho, drummer Paul Lovens, soprano saxophonist ...
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