submitted on Thu, 06/19/2008 - 06:05 in Jazz Group by Mike_Longo Similar media
The cooperative quartet ShotXShot has most assuredly earned all of the acclaim for its first release, Shot x Shot (High Two Recordings, 2006), which seemingly came out nowhere, as well as this second remarkable recording, Let Nature Square.
The former album was recorded live in a church and the music was designed to take advantage of the acoustics. While this album was recorded in a studio, it is closer to what the band really sounds like, since the tracks were laid down in two or three takes. The highly honed mix of structure and freedom that was crystal clear on the former album, despite the sonics, is now on display front and center...
Source: allaboutjazz
Author: Budd Kopman
