Cross Culture
by Joe Lovano Us Five
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71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. The New York Times
    Feb 25, 2013
    60
    Mr. Lovano is taking a step back from the material of jazz and looking at its motivating forces; implicitly, he’s asking why we make it in the first place. As long as the question lingers in your head, the album works. When the music slackens, and the tension dissipates, the question goes away.
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  2. AllMusic
    Feb 25, 2013
    70
    The result is an album of exploratory jazz that is often more about group interplay on various musical themes rather than straightforward improvisation on melodic compositions--though there is that, too.
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  3. The Guardian
    Feb 25, 2013
    80
    This music's structural latticework is often on display, but the playing mostly floats blissfully free of it.
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