Transylvanian Folk Songs on NPR 2020 Jazz Critics Poll !

Francis Davis: ” Specifically, the folk songs collected by Béla Bartók in the Carpathians in the early 20th century. Bartok couldn’t stop himself from adding layers of counterpoint, and Ban, a Transylvanian living in New York who’s developed a fine rapport with violist Maneri, can’t stop himself from adding still more. Plus, this is your opportunity to catch up with Surman, a Brit who was only the most outstanding baritone saxophonist to emerge between Pepper Adams in the 1950s and Hamiet Bluiett 20 years later, though few stateside have acknowledged as much”