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
Empirical
Sultan Stevenson
Linley Hamilton
Lakecia Benjamin
Michael Olatuja
Samara Joy
Josephine Davies
Alice Zawadzki
Sultan Stevenson
John Patitucci
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes
Xhosa Cole
John Clayton & Mulgrew Miller
George Cables
Sylvaine Helary & Orchestre Incandescent
The Exu
