After Us from Elsa Nilsson and Jon Cowherd
. Album Review: After Us from Elsa Nilsson and Jon Cowherd Label: Bumblebee Collective Website: www.elsanilssonmusic.com Swedish/American flutist and composer Elsa Nilsson plays notes with a freehand style. Her flute moves in arbitrary circles, unscripted undulations, and random spirals, emoting a freedom that is intellectually stimulating and melodically sounding. Joining Nilsson on her latest CD After Us is pianist Jon Cowherd who adds another layer, another voice to the compositions. Guided by their natural reflexes, Nilsson and Cowherd take their music where it wants to go as the pair communicate raw emotions and human thoughts channeled into the dialogue of their instruments. Their collaborations are deeply personal, expressing their innermost feelings into their music. The lines that separate classical music from jazz, blues, and sonic pop are blurred on After Us as the duo crisscross genres, injecting elements of each into th...