Horizons Ensemble (2006)
Quinsin Nachoff – soprano and tenor sax
Nathalie Bonin – violin I
Parmela Attariwala – violin II
Ernst Reijseger – cello
John Taylor – piano
Horizons Ensemble (Musictronic, 2006) brings together Quinsin Nachoff on tenor and soprano saxophone with pianist John Taylor, cellist Ernst Reijseger, and violinists Nathalie Bonin and Parmela Attariwala.
Without drums or bass, the music foregrounds counterpoint and timbral detail. Taylor’s pianism and Reijseger’s cello anchor a broad, elastic sound, lyrical in places and densely layered in others. The writing moves between composed structures and open interaction, with the ensemble shifting fluidly through contrasting moods without a traditional rhythm section to mark time.
“An enticing combination of plangent romanticism and dark percussive drama.”
— Troy Collins, All About Jazz ★★★★
“Horizons Ensemble is one of the more serious sounding and successful units to emerge from the underground fully (in)formed.”
— Bruce Lee Gallanter, Downtown Music Gallery