Daniel Levin Trio

Thu., Dec. 17, 8 p.m., free, Rotunda, 4014 Walnut St., arsnovaworkshop.com.

by Shaun Brady

Luciano Rossetti

jazz

It may sound like a limited palette — strings, strings and percussion — but the music on cellist Daniel Levin's Fuhuffah (Clean Feed) is remarkably varied, juggling sounds, textures and approaches that don't allow for the suggestion of monotony. That's partly due to the talent on hand: Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and Detroit-born drummer Gerald Cleaver are well-entrenched in the European and Downtown improv scenes. (Chicago drummer Frank Rosaly steps in for Cleaver on this gig, but if anything that will make things even more comfortable given the constant musical exhanges between Scandinavia and the Windy City.) But beyond enlisting the right collaborators, Levin has a staggeringly inventive voice, quick-witted and visceral, sweetly melodic and savagely atonal.