OUR DAILY BREAD 9/10 A piano keyboard is laid out as formally as a Government House dining table. It’s up to the pianist to mess up the placement of cutlery and glassware, spill some wine and knock over a candle or two. For decades improviser Marilyn Crispell has displayed an…
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Devin Brahja Waldman/Hamid Drake: Mediumistic Methodology (Astral Spirits) 8/10 Ken Vandermark/Hamid Drake: Eternal River (Corbett vs. Dempsey) 8.5/10 It’s a secret few drummers unlock: the art of playing so melodically as to create relationships between their instrument (of indeterminate pitch) and other instruments (of determinate pitch) that imply a kind of harmony.…