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6 days agoAaron Shaw Finds Healing Without Hiding From Pain - SPIN
Opener "Soul Journey" features Shaw's gentle bass clarinet, flute, and sax, all floating together in a velvety haze. When Niño's fair-trade organic rustles and Merci B's harp manifest, all the markers of neo-spiritual jazz have been hit. But at just about the halfway point, Lawrence Shaw's (Aaron's brother) bass kicks in and Niño plays a traditional drumbeat. The harp doesn't go away (and cello by Kiernan Wegler enters the picture),
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