By Ron Schepper, Textura
The seed for Originations, Ryan Cohan’s sixth album as a bandleader, was planted years ago when a multinational tour brought the Chicago-based pianist to Amman and he found himself feeling strangely at home in a place he’d never been before; adding to the surreal quality of the experience, locals asked him if he was Jordanian, intimating they recognized in him something of themselves. Read this full review here.