
"Inside, Outside
Free, not free
Who cares? ...
As long as the source is pure.
Absolute, absolutely"
And the source is pure indeed. This is rhythmic, inspired, expansive, melodic, emotional, controlled and free music, with four musicians in top form, clearly enjoying the gig, but in a very concentrated an focused manner. It is really hard to believe that the material on this CD came as second choice from the performance. It is so full of creative ideas, warmth, sensitivity, soul and musical freedom, that it's a real treat from beginning to end. Gauci's sax sound is one of the most appealing at the moment, capable of many shades of human emotion, with a warm, round sound. The other musicians are also excellent : Filiano and Grassi I already compimented enough in earlier reviews, but Wooley is a different ball game. I never understood that someone with his technical and emotional skills could move so much into avant-garde meaningless sounds (but what does that mean?), but when he's part of a band like this one, he really demonstrates his skills, without relinquishing is natural drive for sound exploration, but it's harnessed, and hence also coming to fruition. An excellent album.

2 comments:
"I never understood that someone with his technical and emotional skills could move so much into avant-garde meaningless sounds (but what does that mean?)"
This is a silly comment. You should have stopped after the first three words, you don't understand but don't jump to the conclusion that therefore what he's doing is meaningless. He's creating a new vocabulary on the instrument, he's stretching the instrument's sonic capabilities. The blog is called Free Jazz, I would hope these kind of knee jerk dismissals would not be found here.
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