Robert Mitchell 3io: The Embrace – review

(3IO Records)With 2008's trio album The Greater Good, British pianist Robert Mitchell emerged from a frequently private musical world in which Herbie Hancock, contemporary-classical music and experimental funk edge cautiously towards each other, and sounded startlingly like a mutated Bad Plus. The Embrace is its successor, for the same decade-old lineup of bassist Tom Mason and drummer Richard Spaven, with all three providing original material. A cover of Aphex Twin's Alberto Balsam provide...

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