Kadima collective saxophonist Ariel Shibolet and 4 California Bay Area players in impressive and intense improvisation that make for an unusual and open-minded discourse.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2007 Country: Israel Packaging: Jewel Tray Recorded by Scott R. Looney, 8 January, 2006 at 1510 Studios, Oakland, CA, USA.
"This spontaneous, free-improvised session was recorded on a January afternoon after a leisurely, spontaneous lunch. Nothing was planned or discussed beforehand. First takes were the last ones, the ones you can find in this disc. Natural, home-brewed, organic music. The five musicians- Israeli soprano sax player and Kadima Collective member Ariel Shibolet and four Bay Area Californians- pianist Scott R. Rooney, trombone player Jen Baker, bass player Damon Smith and vocalist Aurora Josephson, found themselves speaking the same language. A language that suggests a common set of everyday gestures, based on past experiences and elaborated through an abstract system of personal sounds, always with an emphatic tone.
A language that stresses wide open minds and ears, constant cooperation and shared attitudes. A language of soft and patient moves, of split-second decisions, of gentle balances and dense flux, of elastic and careful gives and takes, of changing colors and dynamics, of laughter and serious expressions. A language that is very intense, but at the same time very fragile. A global language. It is a language of musical comrades and meeting minds, always ready to explore new routes. A language that is more than words, pure music."-Eyal Hareuveni
All track titles are from paintings by Mark Rothko.