{"id":1010,"date":"2009-03-26T14:37:29","date_gmt":"2009-03-26T19:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hightwo.com\/ht\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2009-03-26T14:37:29","modified_gmt":"2009-03-26T19:37:29","slug":"reviews-sxs-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/reviews-sxs-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviews – SXS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author: Troy Collins
\nSource: Allaboutjazz.com May 7, 2008<\/span><\/p>\n


\nShot x Shot embraces a highly disciplined approach to group improvisation, with an emphasis on ensemble sound, eschewing sudden stylistic shifts in favor of extended thematic development.
\nA young ensemble on the rise, Shot x Shot is poised for a promising future. Let Nature Square effectively captures their emotive live energy and creative potential in pristine studio sound. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author: Troy Collins Source: Allaboutjazz.com May 7, 2008 Shot x Shot embraces a highly disciplined approach to group improvisation, with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[47,92,50,60,63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artists","category-ht019","category-releases","category-reviews","category-shot-x-shot"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":885,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/reviews-shot-x-shot-6\/","url_meta":{"origin":1010,"position":0},"title":"Reviews – Shot x Shot","author":"admin","date":"March 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: Shaun Brady Source: Philadelphia City Paper - Home Records Link to this article The cavernous acoustics of St. Mary's Church at Penn could almost be considered the fifth member of Shot X Shot. In this context the quartet, featuring members of Sonic Liberation Front and Bobby Zankel's Warriors of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Artists"","block_context":{"text":"Artists","link":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/category\/artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":882,"url":"https:\/\/hightwo.net\/two\/reviews-shot-x-shot-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":1010,"position":1},"title":"Reviews – Shot X Shot","author":"admin","date":"March 11, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Author: Michael Anton Parker Source: Downtown Music Gallery April 2006 Shot x Shot is a precocious quartet of young guys finding their place in the tradition of jazz as creative improvised music and not beating a dead bop horse . . . 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