Chris Byars * Dark Forest [New CD] CyberMon it comes together so damn

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

this project is packed with undeniable greatness

We're Gonna Have Us a Champagne Jam

an experimental electronica ensemble

through the bluesy saunter of Chazz to the novelty song for Jean Michel Basquiat that becomes a brooding blues

Chris Byars * Dark Forest [New CD] CyberMon it comes together so damnSaxophonist 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