Nik Bärtsch's Ronin CD reviewed

Awase (ECM Records) Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin
A hasty, and even dismissive, view of the music that Swiss pianist Nik Bärtsch makes with his longstanding band Ronin is that it’s missing some things, especially from a conventional jazz perspective.
Here’s a sample, meant to promote the group’s latest album, Awase, which is being released today, just as the band plays tonight at L’Astral in Montreal:This example, which shows off Bärtsch, reedman Sha