My review of Gary Peacock & Marilyn Crispell's wonderful new duo set, Azure, today at All About Jazz.


The bassist and pianist have, in addition to a couple of tremendous trio recordings on ECM with the late Paul Motian, been performing as a duo for some years. Azure is, however, the first documentation of this sublime yet occasionally more idiosyncratic duo, begging two questions: what took so long? and: When will there be a follow-up?


The best duo recording so far in 2013, it'll be hard to top this one for sheer empathy, material ranging from downright beautiful to more expressionistically oblique, and performances that find both players at the top of their respective games.


Review here.