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Kirsten Edkins Group at Campus Jax
Courtesy of Shapes and Sound PR | Posted on April 6, 2024
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Wed, April 10, 2024
7:00 pm
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Saxophonist Kirsten Edkins brings to life her latest project, Shapes and Sound, with her killer quintet: Lemar Guillary on trombone, Sam Hirsch on keys, Ahmet Turkmenoglu on bass, and Ana Barrerio on drums. Audiophile Albums hails her new record as a “must own,” and Douglas Moore at The Sound Advocate calls it “one of the best play-through jazz albums this year.”
Kirsten’s playing has been described by Phil Freeman at Stereogum as “frequently surpris[ing] you with phrases that seem to go against the grain of the music without sounding disruptive for the sake of disruption.” And Jazz Weekly says, “Ms. Edkins’ attitude, that a warm tone, both in sound and personal spirit, always wins over the heart.”...