Jenny Scheinman, Allison Millers Parlour Game

For a jazz violinist, it’s sometimes hard to escape the shadow of 1930s hot jazz and players like Joe Venuti or Stéphane Grappelli. In Parlour Game, violinist Jenny Scheinmandr, drummer Allison Miller, and co. move in a rootsier direction, replacing overheated virtuosity with simpler melodies and song forms that only occasionally burst out into flashy exuberance.