This instrumental set lands under progressive rock largely because the mix of sounds here earns it an art music title. The musicians whose name this project bears (Jason Anick – violin and Jason Yeager – piano) are joined by others here. The mix of music runs along the lines of jazz, classical, fusion and more. It’s quite an intriguing and effective set.

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Piano brings this in and holds it for a time. Violin joins next. Eventually a full arrangement comes in and we’re off into some killer jazz explorations. This goes through some twists and turns and has some surprises in store at times. Delving into fusion territory at times, this features some smoking hot jamming from everyone involved.

I really love some of the violin work on this so much. The cut has more of a mainstream jazz vibe, but it also has hints of classical music. It’s a little less intense than the opener was, but it’s no less compelling.

Now, this, as you might guess, has a lot of classical music in it. It also winds up rocking out. In some ways I’m reminded of things like Camper Van Beethoven for some reason on this. It’s classy and both the piano and violin get to shine.

This this is absolutely on fire with smoking hot jamming. The section where it drops back for a piano solo is so classy. This thing has plenty of twists and turns at its heart.

Coming in sedate, this grows out gradually into some killer jazz. It drops to mellower later for a while. As you might imagine, but the piano and violin get plenty of opportunity to shine on this track. The contrast between mellower and more driving passages on this is so strong.

This gets more adventurous and lands closer to the fusion end of things than some of the other music here does. There are some great musical explorations along the road here, and it flirts with classical music at times.

Here we get another track that’s In full fusion mode. It even leans toward progressive rock at times. It has some fierce and frantic stuff. There are also some chaotic things that take this into avant-garde zones later.

The piano and violin work together to create a melodic tapestry of sound here. This has a lot of classical music in the mix. I don’t really thing this qualifies as jazz at all, really.

There is prog, fusion, jazz and classical music all collected together here. This has some killer musical passages that manage to really convey melody, while also challenging conventional musical concepts.

The closing title track has a nice mix of jazz and classical music. It’s packed full of style and emotion. It also has some great peaks and valleys built into it.