Jason Kao Hwang Critical Response: Book of Stories

Violinist and composer Jason Kao Hwang teams up in trio fashion with electric guitarist Anders Nilsson and drummer Michael TA Thompson for five loose originals. It’s hard to tell where the violin starts and guitar ends on extrapolations like “Friends Forever” or the fluttering “Upside Circle Down”, The team does get a bit dreamy on the blue “A Silent Ghost Follows” and rocks with a fusion on “Dragon Carved Into Bone” while there is lots of intuitive moments throughout, particularly on “The Power of Many in the Soul of One”. Loose fitting threads.

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