The Best Jazz on Bandcamp: March 2023
Ingrid Laubrock
The Last Quiet Place
This absorbing session from Ingrid Laubrock is at times raw and dissonant, at other times richly melodic. It’s when those two states bleed into one another that the recording is at its strongest. The music, often playing loose with structure, maintains a sharp focus, as if no amount of wandering distracts the ensemble from the destination point in the distance. They arrive there in unison, of the same voice. The tenor-soprano saxophonist’s ensemble boasts a wealth of talent, with violinist Mazz Swift, cellist Tomeka Reid, guitarist Brandon Seabrook, double bassist Michael Formanek, and drummer Tom Rainey.
