Old World

Ara Anderson, trumpet and piano; Zeena Parkins, harp; Mark Orton, guitar; Ben Goldberg, clarinet; Carla Kihlstedt, violin

The remaining original members of the Tin Hat Trio have shortened their name and expanded their ensemble, though longtime fans of the group are unlikely to get riled by the changes. With an attic’s worth of instruments on hand between them, the now five-member crew has turned out a new album of characteristically entrancing tunes that call to mind a bittersweet love story, a Slavic countryside, and a Lemony Snicket book all summed and averaged out. There’s a comfortable world conjured inside the music: players proficient well beyond the technical demands asked of them, delivering lines they seem more connected to via their souls than their intellects.

—MS