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Chilean tribute to Mexican icon
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AT THIS gig, Chilean tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, playing tunes dedicated to Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, is accompanied by Norwegian guitarist Lage Lund and an all-American rhythm section in drummer Kush Abadey and bassist Josh Ginsburg.
The drums and saxophone colloquy which opens the title number from Adana’s album Visions is unified by Abadey’s splattering, polyrhythmic drums and Aldana’s vertiginous Andean ascents and tumbling cadences.
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