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Enrico Rava Quartet, Gianluca Petrella, 'Wild Dance,' ECM Records (REVIEW)
The 'Wild Dance' (ECM) of Enrico Rava has Italy's top trumpeter adding trombonist Gianluca Petrella to his piano-less trumpet/bass/drums/guitar quartet for a free, swinging and post-bop session that recalls Rava's '70s albums with guitarist John Abercrombie. Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. & Numinous, 'Changing Same,' New Amsterdam Records (REVIEW)
Every genre has their "alt-dot" in front of it and classical is no exception. Meet Joseph C. Phillips, Jr. and his chamber orchestra Numinous. 'Changing Same' (New Amsterdam Records) is a musical chronicle of his life as a black man in America.