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Parrots Paradise

by Erb / Baker / Rosaly Trio

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Paradise one 29:31
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Paradise two 12:30
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All about Jazz (USA) – Glenn Astarita

If you're a free-jazz experimentalist or basically open-minded, then a glimmer of paradise might become reality after listening to this off-centered, sinewy session that occasionally sounds like it's bursting at the seams. And while its largely discordant, the musicians' polytonal exchanges and sound-sculpting mechanisms generate loads of interest, coupled with the trio's unsystematic musical lingo.

Saxophonist Christoph Erb (Lucerne), analogue synth ace Jim Baker (Chicago) and drummer, sound designer Frank Rosaly —who recently relocated from Chicago to Amsterdam —let the chips fall where they may on this cunningly enacted studio set recorded in the Windy City. Brimming with otherworldly soundscapes via polytonal encounters and evasive riffs sewn in-between noise-shaping motifs and unearthly tonal contrasts, the artists render angular, gruff and ricocheting dialogues, at times sounding like a larger ensemble.

Erb's oscillating tone poems and feisty improv with Baker, who extracts a rather amazing array of sonic attributes from his analog synth, hover atop Rosaly's multifaceted percussion patterns as the band works through fragmented and bumpy cadences. For example, on "Paradise One," Erb's twirling, free-form lines and Baker's steely and grinding EFX are peppered by the drummer's sweeping brushes and colorful cymbal swashes. Hence, the musicians delve into minimalistic movements and mimic each other amid the acoustic-electric frameworks while intersecting, cascading and reinventing sub-themes on a continual basis.

The excitement factor remains intact on the 2nd and final extended piece, "Paradise Two." Here, Erb's gravelly intonations and fluttering notes complement Baker's manifold electronics explorations, including distortion-streaked bass notes and a mass of highly imaginative manipulations. As the story unfolds, notions of angry old men engaged in a heated argument or perhaps settling a few scores came to mind. No doubt, this spellbinding effort is performed by artists who seemingly communicate on a higher plane of existence.

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released October 10, 2017

Erb/Baker/Rosaly Trio – „Parrots Paradise“ - VETO-EXCHANGE 015

Christoph Erb, tenor saxophone and bass clarinet
Jim Baker, analogue synthesizer
Frank Rosaly, drums

All tracks by Christoph Erb, Jim Baker, Frank Rosaly
Recorded on May 2nd, 2014 at the Experimental Sound Studios Chicago by Alex Inglizian, mixed by Brian Labycz

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