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| Lyric Fury rides again Wednesday January 25 Lyric Fury (Cynthia Hilts - composer, piano, voice; Jack Walrath - trumpet; Deborah Weisz - trombone; Lily White - alto & tenor saxes; James Stewart - bari & soprano saxes; Martha Colby - cello; Ratzo Harris - bass; Scott Neumann - drums;) will play at The Triad Theatre, NY Lyric Fury is a musical avant sweetblood dreamchild of composer Cynthia Hilts. Lyric Fury is a luxurious & cranky vehicle for a very special body of music. It indulges part of the composer's voice that requires perilous intimacy mixed up with big fat juicy soundsprawl. Comprised of immensely talented artists, many of Lyric Fury's musicians are leaders and composers in their own right. Innovative voices, superb craft, the glory of each individual and the grand sum of parts make this band a composer's dream. hat's the music like? There is one absolute constant - organic lyricism. Lyric Fury's music swings and splats like hell. There's dense counterpoint where your blood is still moving, and meditation sparse enough to make you have to remember to breathe. As if Monk and Debussey had a celestial trainwreck and the sweet healing vapors arose, wafting into a tropical jazz paradise with occasional pockets of glacial splendor... write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |