Split Screen

Split Screen

You can punch this duo, formed in 2000, down into some sort of avant-garde jazz/improv/contemporary classical genre category, but I can guarantee you won’t be able to get the lid closed. Gordon Beeferman (piano) and Jeff Arnal (percussion) are two minds, four hands, and a whole lot of energy under the hot lights. As the… Read more »

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You can punch this duo, formed in 2000, down into some sort of avant-garde jazz/improv/contemporary classical genre category, but I can guarantee you won’t be able to get the lid closed. Gordon Beeferman (piano) and Jeff Arnal (percussion) are two minds, four hands, and a whole lot of energy under the hot lights. As the opening track of their just-released disc illustrates, this is no plonking around experimentation session, but a technically well-executed venture. A disc with a lot to give up, each listen winds back to reveal another layer.