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Marty Ehrlich/Ben Goldberg, Light at the Crossroads (SGL 1511-2) Together for the first time: two master clarinettists and composers with roots in both jazz and new music, one based in New York and the other in San Francisco, in a deeply-felt program for clarinets and/or bass clarinets. Their swinging quartet is completed by longtime Goldberg collaborators Trevor Dunn (bass) and Kenny Wollesen (drums). 20-bit recording. Jazz disc of the week, epulse Bill Milkowski's Top 5 for 1997, Jazz Times Writers Choice 1997, Aaron Cohen and Robert Hicks, Coda “A smart session of original tunes played beautifully. Co-leaders Ehrlich and Goldberg suggest other potentialities stowed away in the black horn... There's rarely any strain to the reeds — instead, they emphasize forthright melodic content and the dark sonorities and emotional complexity of the unadorned clarinet.” —John Corbett, Down Beat “They outdo themselves with gorgeous tone colours and melodies that challenge and stick with you. One of the best new CDs I've heard this year.” —Spike Taylor, Exclaim “On original tunes ranging from the moody, melancholy ‘Dark Sestina’ to the swooping, gravity defying acrobatics of ‘Hopeless,’ the pair spar and parry with obvious relish.” —Art Lange, Pulse!

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