Okonski- Entrance Music

Entrance Music, carved out over five days at Portage Lounge in Loveland, Ohio, spills forth as a delicate wonder, where Steve Okonski’s piano drifts and dips alongside Aaron Frazer’s taut, whispering drums and Michael Isvara “Ish” Montgomery’s bass, a soft current that feels like light breaking over a still lake. Two years past Magnolia’s shadowed, after-hours glow, this trio, nudged along by Colemine’s Terry Cole and his near-mystical touch, sheds the weight of night for something gentler—songs like “October” and “Passing Through” hovering with a fragile poise, caught between ECM’s wide-open hush and Stones Throw’s earthy pulse.