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Mika Pohjola and Yusuke Yamamoto (Splasch: Sound of Village

by Michael A. Parker
November 1, 2001

It’s pretty rare to hear free improvisation by mainstream jazzers, but that’s what we have here. This is not the more familiar sort of avant-garde improvisation where the musicians transcend their technique by immersion in the moment of performance, but rather a light-hearted romp through the pleasant cliches of two skillful musicians. Nevertheless, while Pohjola’s keen ...