Chris Byars * Dark Forest [New CD] Decor For Earth Below continued to

For Earth Below continued to build on the success of his previous album Bridge of Sighs

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Chris Byars * Dark Forest [New CD] Decor For Earth Below continued toSaxophonist composer Chris Byars, praised as a modern master of ensemble writing and conceptual storytelling, delivers new album The Dark Forest his fifteenth release on SteepleChase and perhaps his most introspective to date. Byars' signature Original Jazz Sextet achieves remarkable harmonic and emotional depth through intricate voicings and counterpoint. Critics have celebrated Byars as a visionary of new bop vocabulary. His previous albums like