Leppin, Janel
Cuneiform, 2024, CD
Instrument: Piano
Issue: 31.4
Jazz Ruler Type: Fusion
Performance: 4
Sound: 3
Score: 74
O’s Notes: Janel Leppin is a cellist, pianist, genre-busting musician who dances to her own tune. Ensemble Volcanic Ash is a sextet with Sarah Hughes (a-sax), Brian Settles (t-sax), Anthony Pirog (g) Luke Stewart (b) and Larry Ferguson (d) coalescing around Leppin. The music on To March Is To Love is free fusion inspired by the current political raucous. There are lots of emotions here as expected. We liked “As Wide As All Outdoors”, “Union Art”, “Casal’s Rainbow”, and Part II of the title track.
Publicist: Cuneiform Records
