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Kurdish Dance New York Trio (Antilles).
At first glance, this looks like an example of dread earnestness, the cause-of-the-month club, straight from New York City. But it isn’t. The “Kurdish Dance,” whether politically inspired or not, has a musical reason. And this trio, featuring dazzling Japanese pianist Yosuke Yamashita along with guest Joe Lovano on tenor sax, explores it sharply.
