Shirley Smart

James Arben - tenor sax, flute, bass clarinet

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Shirley Smart - cello

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                            'Entanglement' released 2020 on FMR Records

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 " This is an astonishing set of improvised dialogues between cellist, Shirley Smart, and multi-instrumentalist, James Arben that belies the fact that it is possible to create such varied and complete music, in the heat of the moment, with no prior discussion or pre-set plan of how the pieces will evolve...." Jazzviews

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..."wow! This is an incredible piece of work. I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a free improvised duo album this much. The range of it is pretty astounding... Plotted out in a list, the stylistic variety seems completely improbable - abstraction, swinging jazz figurations, modal grooves, middle eastern inflections, contemporary classical music - but it all coheres remarkably, and it's always impossible to spot the proverbial 'joins'

Alexander Hawkins

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                                         Listen/buy 'Entanglement here

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