MUSIC
This is another excellent album with twists, turns, surprises, sly humor, potent emotional moments, and music to lose yourself in.
- Glen Starkey, New Times, San Luis Obispo
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Café Musique’s most recent accomplishment, their fourth album, Ebb and Flow, was released by Mesa/Bluemoon Recordings on April 1, 2016. From the breathtaking first note of Astor Piazolla’s Libertango to the sweet gentleness of the last song, Ebb and Flow, the project embraces the range and depth of Café Musique’s dedication to its vision. Throughout the album there is a dance between accordionist Duane Inglish and violinist Brynn Albanese interlaced with the songwriting of Craig Nuttycombe.
Ms. Albanese’s violin is featured prominently on many songs, solo and in harmony with herself, allowing her to bring to the forefront her virtuosic command of the instrument forged from years of performing under some of the world’s most prominent conductors such as John Williams (Hollywood film music master of the Boston Pops) and Jaap van Zweden (current conductor of New York Philharmonic). Her tutelage under Itzhak Perlman jumps out at you with her pizzicato technique in the tunes El Choclo and Metsakukkia.
Ebb and Flow will not disappoint fans of Café Musique with the range of raw emotion, power and beauty the band has become known for. Swing aficionados will celebrate the Stéphane Grappelli re-incarnation on Sweet Lorraine. Lovers of classical music will embrace the ‘wild-classical’ arrangement of Vittorio Monti’s gypsy musical extravaganza, Czardas. And of course, there is plenty of beautiful arrangements on tunes such as Crested Hens and Lovers Waltz that the listener can simply close their eyes and float away with!