Frank Glover's ABACUS is a new and innovative three movement work for jazz quartet and orchestra. The solo quartet is comprised of the band Kilho, which features Frank Glover on clarinet and soprano saxophone, Zach Lapidus on piano and keyboards, Jack Helsley on acoustic and electric bass, and Dave Scalia on drums and percussion.

With harmonic influences and innovative orchestration techniques drawn from composers like Takemitsu and Stravinsky, and sections of completely free improvisation by the solo quartet, one might be tempted to label the work as an attempt to combine jazz and classical music. This, however, is incorrect; ABACUS is not an attempt to reconcile dissimilar musical genres, nor a third-stream work that may be classified as “classical” or “jazz.” This is music that is the product of Frank Glover’s imagination, and results in something mysterious, complex, and beautiful that defies all categorization.