Prairies

The thing about prairies is that at a glance they look like a great expanse of one type of vegetation, but when you get down into the grass and explore the spaces, you see that there is actually a wide variety of life. And that's the comparison I'm making with this cozy, yet challenging little avant chamber jazz album. This debut introduces Halvorson's bubble wrap popping drip-drop guitar playing to the world, and Pavone's violin sweeps over it like wind on the prairie, coming from whence no one knows and going to what is only someone's guess.