Berlin-based pianist Nils Frahm can do minimalism and maximalism with equal finesse and beauty. As his Decibel Festival and Substrata 1.1 performances have proved, he’s an incredibly dexterous improviser and crowd-pleaser. Frahm melds impeccable…

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Dave Segal is a journalist and DJ living in Seattle. He has been writing about music since 1983. His stuff has appeared in Gale Research’s literary criticism series of reference books, Creem (when...