Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel – review

(ECM)American pianist Taborn plays from this unaccompanied album on 25 May at London's Vortex, the same venue he brought to awed silence with his trio 18 months ago. But for all that gig's cutting-edge fearlessness, it made regular references to the jazz tradition – even to Thelonious Monk. Avenging Angel is a much more private and detailed exploration of the sonics of the piano, but if that sounds like a scarily ascetic pursuit, Taborn's genius (there's no other word for it) makes a world of...

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