Jermiah Cymerman

★★★★

Citadels & Sanctuaries

5049. CD/DL

Fourth world sounds abound on this NYC avantgarde scene clarinettist’s fifth solo album – a love letter to his favourite composers. From prettified curlicues for late visionary Bill Smith to higherpitched extended techniques for Alvin Lucier or raw-nerve electric crickets for Horațiu Rădulescu, Cymerman’s chimerical sounds chime with emotional force. A standout finale, for free jazz master Evan Parker, makes spectral hay with percussionists Mark Nauseef and Toma Gouband. AC