With the exception of the title track the tunes on Somethin’ Holy where cut in one take. The disc “live” two track gives the music an arresting immediacy as you’re sitting in the studio with Harding and Ban, as close to being present at the creation as possibile. Ban plays with a fluency and sensibility that recalls Vladimir Horowitz as much as McCoy Tyner. Harding can break your heart with tenderness or shatter you with intensity, shouting and grunting to spur himself on, or venting his frustration over not getting enough notes out of his horn. By Terrell Holmes on former print AAJazz NY
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