Vocalist Hana Shenkute in performance with the Either/Orchestra Jan. 28 (photo by Mike Magee)
Jon Garelick reviewed the Either/Orchestra's 20th anniversary Celebrity Series concert on January 28 in today's Boston Phoenix:
"The band opened with “Yèzèmèd yèbada” arranged by Mulatu Astatke, of Broken Flowers fame, and E/O leader Russ Gershon. Here were the minorish Middle Eastern scales, the African rhythms, and those very jazz-like shifts in harmony and color, trombonist Joel Yennior and alto-saxophonist Jeremy Udden building their solos across the music’s varied sections, taking it from one improvised peak to the next." Read the complete review.
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