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February 27, 2026
Tomeka Reid: Dance! Skip! Hop! Review
(Out of Your Head)The cellist reunites with guitarist Mary Halvorson, bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Tomas Fujiwara for five stunning tracks that are boundary-pushing yet populist
TL;DR
- Tomeka Reid's quartet, featuring Mary Halvorson, Jason Roebke, and Tomas Fujiwara, releases a new album with five tracks.
- The music spans various jazz subgenres, including highlife bebop, Latin jazz, hip-hop influenced fuzz-guitar, and meditative cello pieces.
- Key tracks highlight improvisational interplay between Reid's cello and Halvorson's guitar.
- The album is described as boundary-pushing yet populist, with wide appeal.
- Other notable jazz releases mentioned include Mark Turner's 'Patternmaster', Marius Neset with the Bergen Big Band's 'Time to Live', and Tim Garland & Geoffrey Keezer's duo set 'Mezzo'.
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