The Delegation

The Delegation: Evergreen (Canceled World)

by Dave Wayne
January 4, 2017

Stretched out over two discs and featuring a 13-piece band that includes a string quartet, two vocalists and a dedicated person on “additional electronics" Evergreen (Canceled World) totally lives up to its larger-than-life sweep and scope. The brainchild of keyboardist and composer Gabriel Zucker, the Delegation's music is rooted in the edgy sort of modern / avant jazz one expects from the Brooklyn scene. Yet it goes off into all sorts of interesting tangents which encompass various forms of contemporary ...