"ONCE IN A WHILE": J-E. KELLSO, SHAYE COHN, RAFAEL, ALLRED, CHIRILLO, JOSH DUNN, JEN HODGE (7.25.21)

They make it look and sound so easy, which is one of the marks of great art -- what Castiglione called "sprezzatura," or an inspired nonchalance. Or, bcause it's from the Louis book, it translates as "hot cosmology." An extraordinarily lovely interlude by the EarRegulars plus guests, performed for all and sundry (did the passers-by feel the love as they trotted by?) on Sunday, July 25, 2021, at "The Ear Out," in front of The Ear Inn, 326 Spring Street, Soho, New York City. The creators -- bless them in long meter -- are Jon-Erik Kellso, trumpet; John Allred, trombone; James Chirillo, guitar; with Rafael Castillo-Halvorssen, trumpet; Shaye Cohn, cornet, Josh Dunn, guitar; Jen Hodge, string bass. And their facial expressions will tell you their communal pleasure in the music they made float on the air. Recorded by Michael Steinman for JAZZ LIVES (http://www.jazzlives.wordpress.com) with immense gratitude.