Drawn from 3 days of recording in July 2019, after more than 6 years of collaboration in the Philippines between drummer Christian Bucher, alto saxophonist Rick Countryman, and bassist Simon Tan, and released as a complement to their "Empathy" album, in trio improvisations, plus the title track a duo between Bucher & Countryman; a melodic and well-balanced album of free jazz.
Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2020 Country: UK Packaging: Digipack - 3 panel Recorded at Strawberry Jams Studio, in Quezon City, Philippines, in July, 2019.
"The selections on Blue Spontaneity are drawn from 3 contiguous days of recording in July 2019, Christian Bucher's seventh year of collaborations in the Philippines with Rick Countryman, with Simon Tan involved for six of them. Due to Simon's active schedule, the first and last day were a trio format, and the second day was as duo.
Empathy, released November 19, 2019 on FMR Records, was produced entirely from the final day, when they had resolved any recording setup questions and had become very efficient with studio time. There was also the reality of it being the last session for the year. It was productive, and additional material from that session day is included in this release.
Blue Spontaneity begins and ends with material from the duo session. The energy was different that day, and provides a contrast to the other tracks, though both Christian and Rick missed the third perspective Simon adds. They were both very happy with the duo tracks presented here, but didn't feel the need to include more."-Rick Countryman