The rhythm section creates a nice, loping rhythm within the second half of this piece, ostensibly suggesting the lope of the Jesup Wagon because it rolled by way of rural Southern neighborhoods. Today, solely his Arabian Waltz is well-known, and that solely Art & Music as a end result of Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Project performed it incessantly. Woman in Shadows folds a extremely engaging theme into Sanford’s unusual sound world.
To be honest, though I liked much of what I heard on Jesup Wagon, I had some reservations. Lewis merely had a few too many moments where it just …