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5.0 out of 5 stars
Tremendous player and composer, January 31, 2002
This review is from: Art & Aviation (Audio CD)
Jane Ira Bloom is an extremely talented soprano saxophonist and composer. This CD features her unique compositional ideas, her warm, rich, yet searching tone, her substantial technique and her "less is more" solo style.
The CD succeeds in many ways: originality in composition, sound and solo ideas, including interesting use of electronic effects for her soprano and percussion; variety in the recordings which include trios up to sextets and a closing piece of solo soprano saxophone; her unique tone and solo ideas.
My favorite cuts are the solo piece, "Lost in the Stars" and "Most Distant Galaxy", commissioned by Nasa, which features and ARCO (with bow) bass solo and in-and-out time.
While this CD, by genre, is technically on the outside as opposed to mainstream, it is still very accessible.
Her supporting players include such luminaries as Rufus Reid on bass and Kenny Werner on piano.
This CD is wonderful and I couldn't recommend it more.
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