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Sasha Berliner: Khan Younis

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Fantôme (Outside In Music, 2025) is vibraphonist Sasha Berliner's third release as a leader, and it is excellent from start to finish, due to its diversity of moods, energy, instrumentation, arrangements and well-written compositions. This is an ensemble effort, with everyone contributing to bringing Berliner's ideas to life. The core band consists of Taylor Eigsti (piano), Harish Raghavan (bass) and Jongkuk Kim (drums).

"Khan Younis" is one of two slower, lusher tracks on an otherwise kinetic, assertive album. An expansive and beautiful piece with a touch of appropriate melancholy, it was written in tribute to and support of the so-named city in Gaza devastated by war. The performance is heartfelt and empathetic, while the ending picks up just a bit, perhaps to suggest hope for the future.



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