Chris Byars * Dark Forest [New CD] CyberMon With the near impossible task

With the near impossible task of following up their critically acclaimed masterpiece OK Computer

it comes together so damn well that it's hard for any one track to excel

I Am a Strange Loop

Ken Nelson and one track by Chris Allison (High Speed)

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Chris Byars * Dark Forest [New CD] CyberMon With the near impossible taskSaxophonist composer Chris Byars, praised as a modern master of ensemble writing and conceptual storytelling, delivers new album The Dark Forest his fifteenth release on SteepleChase and perhaps his most introspective to date. Byars' signature Original Jazz Sextet achieves remarkable harmonic and emotional depth through intricate voicings and counterpoint. Critics have celebrated Byars as a visionary of new bop vocabulary. His previous albums like