The sextet of Jorrit Dijkstra (sax), Pandelis Karayorgis (piano), Jeb Bishop (trombone), Mary Oliver (violin), Nate McBride (bass) and Han Bennink (drums) take on the music of Steve Lacy in unexpected and impressive ways.
Label: Driff Records Catalog ID: 01 Squidco Product Code: 16919
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2012 Country: USA Packaging: Cardstock gatefold foldover Recorded on February 2nd, 2012 by Matt Hayes at Wellspring Sound, Acton, MA.
5. Dutch Masters (To Spike Jones & The City Slickers) 7:57
6. I Feel A Draft (To Mal Waldron) 4:48
7. The Whammies! (To Fats Navarro) 4:02
8. Locomotive 7:16
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Jorrit Dijkstra and Pandelis Karayorgis inaugurate their new Driff label with this impressive trans-national sextet, taking on the music of Steve Lacy in unexpected and impressive ways.
""Bone" is part of the six-part Tao Suite, and based on a poem by Lao Tze. "As Usual" is based on a poem by Bob Kaufman. "Dutch Masters" is based on a painting by Larry Rivers. "I Feel a Draft" is part of the three-part Precipitation Suite.
Driff Records is a small record label founded by Boston based musicians Pandelis Karayorgis and Jorrit Dijkstra. Driff's releases feature likeminded improvisers from both sides of the Atlantic."-Driff Records