Issue No. 10: Review of Quinsin Nachoff's Pivotal Arc (for Sybaritic Singer)

This week my review of Quinsin Nachoff’s album Pivotal Arc was published through Megan Ihnen’s Sybaritic Singer.

You’ll definitely want to go over and read my review and, while you’re there, explore all of the other musical goodies that Sybaritic Singer has to offer!


Nachoff’s String Quartet alone is worth the purchase of the entire disc and I would be eager to hear a follow-up work for the same ensemble. Often I find jazz/classical crossovers to be a bit clunky or even embarrassing in their handling of disparate traditions. Not so here. Pivotal Arc is largely an extraordinary accomplishment and truly an album that gets better as it goes along. Nachoff’s pieces are well-crafted, imaginative, questioning, and splendidly performed.
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