Matthew Muneses and Jaclyn Rose

Matthew Muneses: Threshold

by Roger Farbey
November 29, 2015

The fast-paced “Speech Perception" offers a dramatic and modal introduction to this album. Tenor sax and trumpet play vibrant solos all underpinned by the rhythm section and solid piano chords, redolent of McCoy Tyner. The mood changes with “Simple Times" which presents an ensemble opening to this pastoral piece embellished by Matthew Muneses sensitive tenor sax solo. The angularity of “Liminality" conveys a pronounced feel of Steve Coleman's M-Base sensibility, unsurprisingly so, since Muneses has recently had occasion ...