Hear in Now - Not Living in Fear (2017)

Hear in Now
Not Living in Fear
2017 - International Anthem Recording Company: IARC 0012
http://www.intlanthem.com/releases/iarc0012

* Mazz Swift : violin, voice
* Tomeka Reid : cello
* Silvia Bolognesi: double bass
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* Dee Alexander : vocals (7)

http://www.hearinnow.com/
https://www.allmusic.com/artist/hear-in-now-mn0003614897

http://www.mazzmuzik.com/
http://www.tomekareid.net/
https://www.silviabolognesi.com/
http://www.deealexander.net/

Tracks 1-3, 7-9, and 12
recorded by Alex Inglizian at Experimental Sound Studio,
Chicago, December 2nd and 3rd, 2012.
Tracks 4-6, 10-11, and 13
recorded by Griffin Rodriguez at Huron,
Chicago, September 28th, 2014.

Reviews
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By Daniel Barbiero
https://avantmusicnews.com/2017/09/13/amn-reviews-hear-in-now-not-living-in-fear-international-anthem-iarc0012/

[...]

The music on Hear in Now’s second studio release, Not Living in Fear, is sui
generis. It isn’t jazz, although it does embrace improvisation and some of the
feel of jazz, and it isn’t classical, although it does contain composed
passages that refigure some of the conventions of post-Minimalist and
neo-Romantic music. Whatever label one may wish to use, the music is tightly
focused and strongly lyrical throughout. In fact structured lyricism is the
most striking quality; all three instruments play melodies in turn, often
layered over an accompaniment of the other two instruments’ repeated figures.

[...]

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By Eric McDowell
http://www.freejazzblog.org/2017/07/two-from-tomeka-part-2.html

By Derek Taylor

By Thom Jurek
https://www.allmusic.com/album/not-living-in-fear-mw0003043894

Marta Jundziłł (pl)
https://www.jazzarium.pl/przeczytaj/recenzje/not-living-fear

Da Neri Pollastri (it)
https://www.allaboutjazz.com/not-living-in-fear-hear-in-now-international-anthem-recording-company-review-by-neri-pollastri.php

Por «el intruso» (es)
http://elintruso.com/2017/04/12/el-segundo-album-del-trio-hear-in-now/