An almost ceremonial release in percussive approaches to improvisation from the trio of William Parker on double bass, shakuhachi, thumb piano & more, Hamid Drake on drums, cymbals and gongs, and Joe Morris on guitar, banjo, bass, pocket trumpet, fiddle & whistles.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2016 Country: France Packaging: Digipack - 3 panel Recorded at Scholes Street Studios, in Brooklyn, New York, on Janurary 18th, 2015 by Joe Morris.
Personnel:
William Parker-doublebass, shakuhachi flute, sintir, nÕgoni kemlah nÕgoni, thumb piano
Joe Morris-guitar, banjouke, banjo, doublebass, fiddle, pocket trumpet, whistles
"Human beings gathering to make sound - in celebration and in mourning, as ritual and as play. Calloused hands pluck strings and strike skin, vibrations resonate through wood and metal. One of the defining characteristics of our species, throughout time and place, yet something we too easily forget in an era of blandly polished perfection and omnipresent background noise. We need our musicians, our shamans and sonic scientists, to help us shake off the detritus of technology and consumption, to reawaken us to the fundamental beauty, immediacy, and necessity of human beings making sound. We need artists like Joe Morris, William Parker, and Hamid Drake to counteract this turmoil like trees and birds."- Taylor Ho Bynum, excerpt from the liner notes