ADREAN FARRUGIA-JOEL FRAHM/Blued Dharma: If the thought of a piano/sax duo date doesn’t float your boat, perhaps you should pay attention to who is making up this duo. Old pals from both sides of the northern border, they face off together here without other band members to pick up the slack and show just how much joyful noise they can raise on their own. The sound of two pros raising each others game with a lot of heat of the moment, telepathic moves is the sound of sheer delight. While both are jazzbos to the core, they travel beyond labels here taking the instrumental realm by storm. Killer stuff that shows overkill isn’t always needed in one’s tool kit.
Midwest Record
