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It is rare to describe an audio recording as brave, but that is precisely what the latest release by the Silke Eberhard Trio is — bold, fearless, and unflinchingly original. Being-A-Ning, the group’s fifth album, borrows its title from Thelonious Monk’s “Rhythm-A-Ning,” nodding to the jazz giant while continuing the trio’s thematic naming convention. Previous albums — Being (2008) and What a Beauty Being (2011) on Jazzwerkstatt, followed by The Being Inn (2017) and Being the Up and Down (2021) on Intakt — have all explored the elusive nature of ‘being’ through fearless improvisation and sharp compositional ideas.
Eberhard, an alto saxophonist known for her expressive tone and adventurous spirit, pens nine of the album’s ten compositions.

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James Brandon Lewis, a disorienting, self-possessed tenorist who has garnered a great deal of attention through his various projects and collaborations, returns with his fifth quartet album, Abstraction is Deliverance, featuring eight of his own compositions and a modal post-bop cover. Rejoining him are pianist Aruán Ortiz, bassist Brad Jones, and drummer Chad Taylor. Their rapport and musicianship are more compelling than ever, and their ability to transcend and marvel with spiritual consciousness, a mix of traditional and modernist idioms, and rich timbres is truly remarkable.
The album opens in a modal mode with “Ware”, a tribute to the much-missed saxophonist David S. Ware, radiating Coltranean overtones throughout. Resonant bowed bass, cymbal…

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