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| | CD Review of Steven Kroon - SeƱor Kroon on Azica @ jazzreview.com |
 | | First of all, there is Steven Kroon, percussionist, dressed in tans and browns, the colors of his instruments--congas, timbales, a berimbau, a shakere--which are arrayed around him outdoors under a spreading tree, as are even more instruments. |
 | | And what you hear is energetic percussion, controlled and still polyrhythmic, whose suggestions of dance and celebration are expressed melodically most often by flute, saxophone, and piano, not to mention Steve Nelson’s vibraphoned enhancement of the naturalistic, wood-like properties of instruments struck by mallets, sticks and hands. |
 | | After too many years of adding rhythmic excitement to the recordings of artists like Spyro Gyra, Jimmy Heath or Diana Krall, Steven Kroon finally has the opportunity to highlight the strengths of his talents on a CD produced by him, for him and of him. |
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