West Coast double bassist and mid-west drummer Alvin Fielder meet Norways saxophonist Frode Gjerstad at the 2016 No Idea Festival in Austin, TX, opening the festival with this remarkable display of free improvisation, a seething and burning set from these veteran players.
"This is a special release for me, Frode is from Stavanger the home city of my great grandfather, what he did with his Detail group with John Stevens & Johnny Dyani was formative music for me. Bobby Bradford was often added & Kent Carter later replaced Dyani. Of course Alvin Fielder drives the music here with his inventive playing that can only come from 60 years in the music!!"- Damon Smith
West Coast double bassist and mid-west drummer Alvin Fielder meet Norways saxophonist Frode Gjerstad at the 2016 No Idea Festival in Austin, TX, opening the festival with this remarkable display of free improvisation, a seething and burning set from these veteran players.