Release Date: 19 May 2017
Label: Whirlwind Recordings
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4055388386280
Genres: Jazz Contemporary
Description
The debut album from New York-based, Canadian-born saxophonist Quinsin Nachoff's chordless trio, a distinct project away from his larger ensemble successes.
A stand-alone concert with seasoned musicians Mark Helias (double bass) and Dan Weiss (drums) created the conceptual spark; and following the writing of new material early in 2016, a series of concerts in New York, Toronto and Montreal neatly led to this single-session recording - Quinsin Nachoff's Ethereal Trio.
Opening an album which blends through-composition and improvisation (each piece having its own plot and internal logic), "Clairvoyant Jest" finds Nachoff's saxophone dancing across rhythmically-twisted swing, characterised by double-stopped and open-stringed bass which highlights the harmonic motion.
Suggesting a change in our imaginative picture of the world, "Imagination Construction"s animation pairs sax and Helias' bass harmonics magnificently, and the ten-minute progression of "Portrait in Sepia Tones" ramps up into a superbly percussive maelstrom. "Push-Pull Topology" possesses an underlying walking-bass thread, stretching and pulling different rhythms - fives over fours over threes - while the bristling landscapes of "Subliminal Circularity" summon the leader's equally raw and rippling saxophonic tones.
Quinsin Nachoff relishes the freedom and the opportunities this trio offers: "I'm regularly involved in projects which include a lot of writing, arranging and making them happen. This Ethereal Trio album became much more about simply playing the saxophone, which was super fun and rewarding - and these guys are such a pleasure to play with."
Personnel: Quinsin Nachoff (tenor saxophone), Mark Helias (double bass), Dan Weiss (drums)
Tracklisting
Sultan Stevenson
Empirical
Linley Hamilton
Samara Joy
Lakecia Benjamin
Michael Olatuja
Josephine Davies
Josephine Davies
Kaija Saariaho; Jean-Baptiste Barriere
Sven Vath
Leon Dinero Ft. Screechy Dan
Leon Dinero Ft. The Inversions
Gavin Bryars
Frightnrs
Robert Glasper
Robert Glasper
