Violinist/composer Jennifer Curtis and multi-instrumentalist/composer Tyshawn Sorey have been performing as a duo for several years, as an outgrowth of a collaboration that initiated from their work together in the International Contemporary Ensemble. This dynamic release captures their powerfully expressive improvisations over eight contrasting tracks, reflecting their compositional sensibilities in a spontaneous context. The New York Times described violinist Jennifer Curtis's second solo concert in Carnegie Hall as "one of the gutsiest and most individual recital programs." She was celebrated as "an artist of keen intelligence and taste, well worth watching out for." Curtis navigates with personality and truth in every piece she performs. Jennifer is a member of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) and founder of the group Tres Americas Ensemble. Newark-born multi-instrumentalist and composer Tyshawn Sorey (b. 1980) is celebrated for his incomparable virtuosity, effortless mastery and memorization of highly complex scores, and an extraordinary ability to blend composition and improvisation in his work.
