Dan Rosenboom – ‘Polarity’ (2023)
Dan Rosenboom finds a powerful conduit for his creative ideas from an all-star quintet, enabling him to fulfill the promise of all of his compositions with the no-compromises ‘Polarity.’
Dan Rosenboom finds a powerful conduit for his creative ideas from an all-star quintet, enabling him to fulfill the promise of all of his compositions with the no-compromises ‘Polarity.’
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