Anthony Branker & Word Play - Dialogic

For his 3rd Origin recording, composer and Princeton professor Anthony Branker features his quartet, Word Play, in a set of original compositions that seek to emphasize the interactions and conversational dynamic that take place within a collective. With a stellar band of New York-based improvisers - saxophonist Ralph Bowen, pianist Jim Ridl, bassist Kenny Davis and drummer Adam Cruz - Branker creates another inspired recording of new and original modern jazz. "Branker inspires buoyant, animated performances from his group." - Downbeat.

1) Ancestral Tales
2) Land of Milk and Honey
3) Iggery-Poncheek
4) Skirting the Issue
5) Y Not?
6) The Selfless Soul
7) Dance of the Aesthetics
8) More Than Words
9) The Fire Spitters