Acoustic jazz quartet Shot × Shot issues its first studio album. Rave reviews for the Philadelphia band's debut has heightened interest in Shot × Shot's compositional and improvisational expolorations. Let Nature Squa...
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Acoustic jazz quartet Shot × Shot issues its first studio album. Rave reviews for the Philadelphia band's debut has heightened interest in Shot × Shot's compositional and improvisational expolorations.
Let Nature Square is the first studio album from Philadelphia acoustic jazz group Shot × Shot. The quartet’s self-titled album, recorded live at the historic St. Mary’s Church at the University
of Pennsylvania, was heralded as one 2006’s best debuts by a jazz band.
Critic Francis Davis said “It’s been ages since I’ve heard a debut recording this adventurous and assured”and the album received praised in the pages of Downbeat, The Wire, Signal to Noise, All About Jazz–NY, and other publications.
Let Nature Square is a giant leap forward for the band. The album documents the evolution of young players growing into their own individually and stretching the boundaries of a collaborative relationship. The music of Shot × Shot has always been nuanced and innovative, but now it has earned the distinction of being truly extraordinary. Shot x Shot is one of the country's best young jazz groups, squarely pushing on jazz's boundaries.
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