Especially the Traveller Tomor
Jazz
| Sep 2002
Reviews
Craig Matsumoto
Reviewed 2002-10-03
Reviewed 2002-10-03
WHAT WE LIVE
Local free-jazz trio that creates improvised journeys, staying in the jazz motif but with plenty of wandering. Overall they seem to go for a gently flowing sound, but they’re capable of the blurry energy of, say, Peter Brotzmann. Makes for great late-night listening, just a little bit dark and serious.
This is the group’s sixth album. Drummer Donald Robinson is a particular treat, with subtle and tasteful fills and the occasional extroverted break. Larry Ochs (of ROVA Saxophone Quartet) gets unavoidably squeaky on sopranino sax but has a nice meaty sound on tenor. Bassist Lisle Ellis, who’s the founder of the trio, alternates between simple grooves and expansive wandering.
All tracks start rather quiet but build well.
1- Shrill and towering at the start, nice. Drum solo, then a percolating midtempo groove.
2- Nice slow groove w/squawky sax that’s sometimes an awkward fit
3- Low-level disjoint groove
4- Falls into a midtempo bass groove. At -32:00, starts an aggressive tenor-sax segment. Kind of a cookin’ ending.
Local free-jazz trio that creates improvised journeys, staying in the jazz motif but with plenty of wandering. Overall they seem to go for a gently flowing sound, but they’re capable of the blurry energy of, say, Peter Brotzmann. Makes for great late-night listening, just a little bit dark and serious.
This is the group’s sixth album. Drummer Donald Robinson is a particular treat, with subtle and tasteful fills and the occasional extroverted break. Larry Ochs (of ROVA Saxophone Quartet) gets unavoidably squeaky on sopranino sax but has a nice meaty sound on tenor. Bassist Lisle Ellis, who’s the founder of the trio, alternates between simple grooves and expansive wandering.
All tracks start rather quiet but build well.
1- Shrill and towering at the start, nice. Drum solo, then a percolating midtempo groove.
2- Nice slow groove w/squawky sax that’s sometimes an awkward fit
3- Low-level disjoint groove
4- Falls into a midtempo bass groove. At -32:00, starts an aggressive tenor-sax segment. Kind of a cookin’ ending.
Recent airplay
Especially the Traveller Tomorrow [excerpt: coda]
Memory Select - guest Amy X. Neuburg — Dec 15, 2006
As Yet Unknown
Memory Select — Feb 04, 2005
Spelled Backwards, Especially the Traveller Tomorrow [excerpt], As Yet Unknown
Memory Select — Oct 08, 2004
Xanic Rides
Umami Jazz Program — Oct 07, 2004
As Yet Unknown
Memory Select — Feb 20, 2004
As Yet Unknown
Memory Select — Nov 22, 2002
Charting
2002-10-07 — 2002-12-09
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| Nov 24 | 1 |
| Nov 17 | 1 |
| Nov 3 | 1 |
| Oct 27 | 2 |
| Oct 20 | 1 |
Track listing
| 1. | As Yet Unknown | ||
| 2. | Spelled Backwards | ||
| 3. | Xanic Rides | ||
| 4. | Especially the Traveller ... |