Album: Gilad Atzmon, In Loving Memory of America, (Enja)
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This excellent recording, which matches Atzmon's quartet with the Sigamos String Quartet, adds six complementary originals to five Verve standards to form a very satisfying suite. The string arrangements by Ros Stephen and Jonathan Taylor recall Last Tango in Paris as much as bebop, and there's a dark, ominous mood that's entirely appropriate.
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