Vigil

Piano trio in an open, free context. McWain tosses out splashes of piano with richly jazzy chords and harmonies, backed by bass and drums. Kind of a dark nighttime feel overall, maybe from McWain's preference for low/middle registers. Tracks are improvised by the group. I really liked McWain's piano playing on the last CD he sent us, and these are some nice samples of what he can do (the bass and drums, by Albey Balgochian and Laurence Cook, respectively, are good too). I'm partial to the fast tracks, but don't ignore the slower ones, which have their share of dense, active moments.

1- Stumbling, spare. Gets into a more robust jam later
2- Slow, delicate, with groany bass. Darkly intense at -3:00
3- Jumbly, active. Quite fast with great piano c.-5:30 Great flowing energy.
4- Very slow and sparse, into some active, restrained passages
5- Crystal cascading, mid/fast w/fast drum frills. Gets into some rapid jamming with really fast bass
6- Splashy fast.
7- Grumpy bass; then flowery piano, fairly fast