Quadraphonnes
Why have one saxophone when you can have four? That's the deal with the four women of Quadraphonnes—Michelle Medler, Mieke Bruggeman, Mary-Sue Tobin, and Chelsea Luker—who find ways to make their arrangements sound lively and diverse, instead of a monolith of horn. You can probably tell from the title of their second album, Let's Get the Funk Out There, that the quartet has upped the funk factor (they often play with a rhythm section these days), but the group dabbles in New Orleans jazz, blues, tango, and classical music as well. NED LANNAMANN