Drums, percussion, piano, Thelonious Monk, Hoagy Carmichael - originals and more. The Spotify sound seems better than the Bandcamp mastering on this worthwhile studio recording made in New York last year. The output of drummer Allison Miller and pianist Carmen Staaf - Staaf shuttles frequently from modern mainstream terrain to far more oblique passages. Certainly Miller is very attentive - and you can experience the reactive qualities that she contributes most of all on 'Beans and Rice'. Where the album works most convincingly is the more expansive it becomes particularly on Monk's 'Ask Me Now.'
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