In review--Quintessential Strings
Chamber/ Folk Jason Seed Stringtet In the Gallery Jason Seed Music Is it classical chamber or bluegrass? Certainly, guitarist-composer Jason Seed’s repertoire that appears on In the Gallery sounds like classical chamber with twang--a bit bluegrass swing played by a string quartet plus fusion guitar. Well, that’s the best way I can describe the music on this CD. Glenn Asch (violin and viola), Helen Reich (viola), Dan Armstrong (string bass) and Scott Tisdel (cello) join Seed’s guitar exploring new frontiers (much like the Kronos Quartet). And if that’s not exotic enough for you Chinese Pipa master, Yang Wei appears on Where the Corners Meet , which resembles Chinese folkloric meets an Appalachian string band meets chamber music (though it sounds a bit busy for my tastes). Seed’s Tangoesque takes its inspiration from Bill Frisell (another eclectic guitarist), Strange Meeting, according to the liner notes. Seed’s guitar gr...