Album Review :: Jeff Parker ETA IVtet ::THE WAY OUT OF EASY

 (or, “The Dialectics of Improvisational Jazz”)

by Maggie A. Clark

I listen to a lot of jazz at this time of year.

Between my graduate studies and biweekly Leninist reading group, I spend many an afternoon with my nose buried in a PDF. But, you see, my mind wanders, and I can’t stand to be left alone with my thoughts for longer than about 50 seconds at a time. Naturally, this is a situation that calls for some tunes, but lyrical music often distracts me from the text I’m supposed to be reading or writing! What’s a girl to do?

Continue reading “Album Review :: Jeff Parker ETA IVtet ::THE WAY OUT OF EASY”