Music for Violin Alone is the debut date as leader for virtuoso violinist Mark Feldman, who has performed as a sideman with countless musicians, in genres ranging from country to avant-garde jazz. Here he performs original, classically styled pieces that exude high drama. The violin arcs over small measures of time, plummets into hurt, soars back up into the air, then lands lightly spinning. Feldman bows out grit and texture with ribbed vibratos, and achieves excellent (and frequent) harmonies thr...   [ read more ]

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More proof -- as if it's necessary -- that classical music and jazz-based improvisation are not mutually exclusive spheres. Pianist Michael Jefry Stevens and violinist Mark Feldman have flaunted their abilities as free jazz players in a variety of contexts; here, they pare down the instrumentation and explore a less overtly aggressive music. The quiet intensity of this record at times bears a resemblance to fully composed chamber music (might Feldman be related to Morton, per chance...   [ read more ]

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