Zach Brock - SerendipityViolin virtuoso Zach Brock's third session is, like it's predecessors, Almost Never Was (CRC 1349) and Purple Sounds (CRC 1366), a tour the force of modern swing expression. Joined by New York A listers Aaron Goldberg (piano), Matt Penman (bass) and Obed Calvaire (drums), Brock addresses a stylistically varied program, showcasing his command of a broad timeline of violin styles that he refracts into his own individualistic argot. The repertoire

and colors from his experiences of India

" is an album full of addictive grooves

grim and powerful

Providing the latter are multi-woodwindist-composer Ben Wendel on tenor saxophone

a confession of the soul

Norwegian Youth Chamber Music Festival and the Kyoto International Festival

Giacomo Puccini: Turandot

Grieg wrote the 2 Walzer-Capricen Op

it resonates firmly in metallic innovation

trapped between worlds

inspiring accompaniments on guitar

they wanted to form a group based in Los Angeles that would play in the same bold and unapologetic manner they had studied so assiduously under his tutelage