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improvised and jazz-related music

Genuine truth in packaging, Chicago cellist Tomeka Reid has composed a selection of tunes that show off the talents of her decade-old quartet with five tunes that literally dance, skip and hop. A preeminent Jazz and improvised music string player, Reid also works in a variety of other settings with avatars like Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell and Myra Melford. Some of the US’s busiest young veteran players, the quartet is filled out by guitarist Mary Halvorson,… Read More