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Borderlands Trio
Wandersphere
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★★★★★
There is irony in the title of the Borderlands Trio, for they embody the mainland of North America. Drummer Eric McPherson is a New Yorker, bassist Stephen Crump hails from Memphis and pianist Kris Davis is from Vancouver, growing up in Calgary.
Their new double album, Wandersphere, is a wondrous journey of sonic artistry with the musicians, in Davis’s words, giving themselves “freedom to just really be in the moment.” She should know: she plays with a beautiful abandon while keeping as close as a musical sister to her two confreres.
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