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Since Forever on Chicago Examiner


28 July 2010
Chicago Examiner
Neil Tesser

The latest album from Chicago pianist and composer Fred Simon - a quartet date called Since Forever (released last year on Naim Jazz) - is the best he has recorded under his own name.  This is really not open to debate. Joined by longtime colleagues Steve Rodby (bass) and Mark Walker (drums), the album also stars Paul McCandless, known for his iconic oboe and soprano sax work in the acoustic quartet Oregon. Together, they realize emotional depths in Simon's music that have too often lain dormant in previous recordings.
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