PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Review Jenny Scheinman's Mischief and Mayhem @ Village Vanguard

Kings of Rhythm and a Queen of the Avant-Garde By Will Friedwald If the Knitting Factory ever established an outpost in Nashville, Jenny Scheinman's Mischief and Mayhem band is what you'd hear there. Ms. Scheinman, a violinist, composer, and vocalist, is one of those young players (at 31) who at first seems almost insanely diverse; I heard her for the first time (on records at least) playing behind Norah Jones on the blockbuster country-jazz hybrid "Come Away With Me" and, at about the same ti...

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