Jazz Articles about Yarn/Wire Ensemble

Yarn/Wire Ensemble: Currents 0

by Karl Ackermann
April 18, 2017

From their roots at Stony Brook University in 2005, the dual percussion/dual piano quartet Yarn/Wire has taken an uncommon approach to experimental music. In the case of Currents 0 the jazz roots are strong even as the interpretations are wide open. A continuing sequence of projects under the umbrella of 'Currents' has generated more than one dozen collective works, typically from like-minded experimentalists. This “prequel" release, however, indicated an initial interest in work of more established, if not conventional, jazz artists. ...