Live at LunÀtico

Bassist Arthur Kell puts together a two-guitar front line of Nate Radley and Brad Shepik along with drummer Allan Mednard for a pair of gigs recorded at Bar LunAtico in Brooklyn in 2022. The set is bookended with contemplative rubato of "Speculation" and closing with a more dramatic version. In between, the strings bop with delight around Kell's bouncing bass on "Haflat Zifaf", get funky on the grease lined "The Djado" and chime like bells on "Dry Delta". Kell leads onto a rocking "Dark Green No. 15" while Mednard's brushes assuage the suave "Lullaby/Omni". The team gets into the stratosphere on the space "Polyamorphous" and teams up in a nifty way on "Regatta". Live music that is alive.