If it wasn't for a mid-section of noodly free-form wank, this show by a 28-piece Swedish jazz orchestra may have threatened Arcade Fire as my show of 2014. Mariam Wallentin's vocal talents never fail to send a shiver down my spine, but it was Sofia Jernberg, an Ethiopian-born jazz singer that truly blew me away. What she does with her voice reminds me of Colin Stetson's saxophone work, pushing the boundaries of what you think their instrument is capable of; one moment hauntingly beautiful, the next producing punctuating the Orchestra's funk-laden grooves with guttural fury. Amazing.
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