Peter Paulsen - Shanghaied Paisano album review The audience is a floating spectator, journeying across Paulsen's interpretation of Ferlinghetti's poetic documentary. In his latest album, Peter Paulsen , composer and bassist, expands upon his previous chamber jazz output, moving closer to a contemporary third stream. Shanghaied Paisano combines the talents of Paulsen's TurksHeadKnot contemporary trio with the Latin-influenced  Dalí String Quartet . The album, released August 2023 via Navona Records , comprises of the titular, large-scale four-movement work inspired by the poetry of Lawrence Ferlinghetti and closes off with a rousing arrangement of Jobim's Chega de saudade .  Shanghaied Paisano 's opening movement, "And Then Went", starts the audience off with a dissonant chorale led by Chris Bacas on soprano saxophone. Paulsen's clean voicings make the chords approachable and give off a clearly distinguishable melody within the dense harmonies. The re