Evan Mazunik: Press

for Duende Trio's "Mosaic"

Well, now. Here’s a horse of an entirely different color: nine pieces of very early music, from the 12th through the 16th centuries, updated in form and harmony by an incredibly talented trio...it is particularly in the playing of pianist Evan Mazunik...that one hears a true jazz spirit in terms of rhythmic “swinging” as well as improvisatory brilliance...

Mosaic: New Interpretations of Early Music for horn, cello & piano is a genre-bending crossover album...The results are loads of fun and full of charm. There is real spontaneity, a sense of gleeful freedom, as well as considerable sophistication, in the ensemble's performances.

Once in a while something new shows up. Once in a while something old shows up in a new way. Once in a while something shows up that is so new, so old, and so refreshing that it will change how you feel and think about both “old” music and improvisation...[Duende Trio] improvise freely to create music of charm, substance, and character.

– from Recording Reviews, The Horn Call [journal of the International Horn Society], XXXVIII:1, October 2007, p. 93.

Alive with the Sound of Painting

Mazunik is both dancer and martial artist as he swings a cupped hand and points his index finger...given the ever-present danger of pop music to spontaneously reduce itself to the same song, Sound Painting is a refreshing exploration of diverse sounds both everyday and extraordinary.

Cerberus Rears Its Head[s]

Columbus: A Soundpainting Opera