
Jess Gillam with... Missy Mazzoli
This Classical Life
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The Otherworldly Sound of the Cello
The cello becomes merely a vehicle for the thing that he's trying to express. There's such a vocality when he's there on the melody. To me, it doesn't sound like a forced imitation of the human voice. And then when you underpin that with four more cellos, it's not coral. It's like a new choir and you kind of sound that really breathes.
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