Karlen, Rafael

Earshift, 2022, CD
Instrument: Saxophone

Issue: 28.4

Jazz Ruler Type: Ballads, Blues
O's Jazz Ruler

Performance: 4
Performance Chart

Sound: 3
Sound Chart

Score: 76
Score Chart

O’s Notes: Australian composer, educator and saxophonist Rafael Karlen assembles a quintet with Matt McMahon (p), Brett Hirst (b) and Simon Baker (d) featuring the voice of Kristin Berardi. Berardi’s vocalizations are soft and smooth, rather inviting whether she is scatting, singing or melding with the band, especially Karlen as on “Equally True” and “Foucault’s Pendulum”.

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Publicist: Earshift Music