<p>
Call it "Ethio-jazz without borders" when the downbeat drops from
Brooklyn’s Anbessa Orchestra. It’s their first release since last
year’s slinky “Werik’i (Gold).” </p>
<p>Check it out:</p>
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<p>Despite being recorded
remotely under pandemic protocol last summer, “Gobez” still has
the organic-feeling interplay among players, lines that intertwine,
escalate and modulate.
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<p>In an email, band
guitarist and arranger Nadav Peled said the group is planning on
recording a new EP in August, and "Gobez" may or may not make the cut, but <em>as</em> a cut it's making my day.</p>
