Reviews, concert reports and
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improvised and jazz-related music

Recorded in 2019, but replete with the unbridled improvisational aptitude the members still exhibit today it’s no misnomer to describe the This is our Language Quartet as Wailers. Those wails combine the ecstatic tone-probing that has characterized Free Jazz since its 1960s germination with the acuity added with modern recordings and instrumental techniques. Leader and saxophonist Rodrigo Amado is Portuguese, while the others are Americans of different generations. Besides working individually and as a quartet… Read More