"Susanna Hancock takes the same chord, darkens it, and kicks it into high gear. The thematic major seven from the previous piece became a minor seven, and suddenly the saxophone’s history and place in jazz music became apparent. Particularly enjoyable in this piece are the rapid polar shifts between clamor and suspense–or perhaps hiatus?–and a four-layer polyrhythm, expertly cut by ~Nois, that created a mirage effect.”
(~Nois Saxophone Quartet’s world premiere performance of HIATUS)
Susanna Hancock and Tyler Kline speak with Creative Loafing Tampa about Terroir New Music and more.
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“The highlight of the evening was the one true duet, Susanna Hancock’s Blossom and Furl for two electric guitars... Starting with rhythmic strumming on a single note, the piece unfolded in a highly resonant soundscape, the past lingering on as a memory in the present. Its static, nonfunctional harmonies nevertheless unlocked a kind of religious ecstasy, speaking without irony of a better future within our reach, a new world lying open full of life and joy and hope and glory.”
Brin Solomon for National Sawdust Log, on Jordan Dodson and Jay Sorce’s performance of blossom & furl
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