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Crosscurrent: Rituals
by Glenn Astarita
Touted as contemporary/jazz/world outfit, the six instrumentalists who comprise “Crosscurrent”, live up to the band’s moniker as they indeed fabricate jazz grooves that are often commingled with windswept choruses, bubbling rhythms and sprightly soloing amid an altogether organic approach. However, the first piece, “Intersections” incorporates a motif that rings of the 80’s Pat Metheny songbook, due to guitarist Eric T. Johnson and saxophonist Carl Clements’ lilting unison choruses and sweet-tempered melodies.
With the band’s fourth release titled Rituals, the listener ...
read moreChicago's Come Sunday Mixes Gospel & Jazz on Debut CD "Crosscurrents"
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Terri Hinte Publicity
The Chicago septet Come Sunday melds jazz form and gospel tradition on their striking debut CD Crosscurrents, due for release May 3. Taking their name and inspiration from Duke Ellington's groundbreaking 1958 collaboration with gospel queen Mahalia Jackson, Come Sunday reinterprets time-honored spirituals and gospel classicsplus one Stevie Wonder tune and, of course, Ellington's Come Sunday"in musically innovative, emotionally uplifting ways. The arrangements, by the group's guitarist Mike Allemana, brim with melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic surprise. They smartly balance gospel ...
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